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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2023 Jun 11;177:108030. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108030

Table 3.

Adjusted pooled odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of spontaneous premature rupture of membranes associated with air pollution exposure during trimesters and throughout the pregnancy in the single-pollutant model.

Air pollutants Exposure windows
1st trimester 2nd trimester 3rd trimester Entire pregnancy

Krigged NO2 1.05 (1.03, 1.08) 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) 1.07 (1.05, 1.09) 1.06 (1.03, 1.09)
Krigged O3 1.04 (1.02, 1.05) 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) 1.07 (1.05, 1.10)
Krigged PM2.5 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.04 (1.02, 1.06) 1.02 (1.01, 1.04) 1.07 (1.05, 1.09)
Krigged PM10 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) 1.02 (1.00, 1.04)
PM2.5 total mass 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) 1.07 (1.04, 1.09) 1.02 (1.00, 1.05) 1.09 (1.06, 1.11)
PM2.5 sulfate 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) 1.04 (1.01, 1.06) 1.04 (1.02, 1.06) 1.08 (1.05, 1.12)
PM2.5 nitrate 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) 1.04 (1.03, 1.06) 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) 1.06 (1.04, 1.08)
PM2.5 ammonium 1.01 (1.00, 1.03) 1.04 (1.03, 1.06) 1.01 (1.00, 1.03) 1.07 (1.05, 1.09)
PM2.5 organic matter 0.98 (0.96, 1.00) 1.07 (1.04, 1.10) 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) 1.06 (1.04, 1.09)
PM2.5 black carbon 1.00 (0.98, 1.03) 1.01 (0.98, 1.05) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04) 1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

Note: The exposure to four krigged air pollutants was measured based on empirical Bayesian kriging. The exposure to PM2.5 total mass and components was measured based on a fine-resolution geoscience-derived model. IQR increments are 6.69 ppb for NO2, 9.89 ppb for O3, 3.26 μg/m3 for PM2.5, 6.82 μg/m3 for PM10, 3.91 μg/m3 for PM2.5 total mass, 0.627 μg/m3 for PM2.5 sulfate, 0.946 μg/m3 for PM2.5 nitrate, 0.421 μg/m3 for PM2.5 ammonium, 1.99 μg/m3 for PM2.5 organic matter, and 1.05 μg/m3 for PM2.5 black carbon. All models were adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, education level, income level, pre-pregnancy body mass index, smoking status, parity, year of infant birth, and season of conception.