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. 2024 Apr 16;103:105126. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105126

Table 2.

Associations between individual and combined exposure to air pollution and risk of all-cause mortality among CRC survivors in UK Biobank.

Pollution Cases Model 1
Model 2
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
PM2.5(μg/m3)
 Q1 104 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Q2 140 1.40 (1.08, 1.80) 0.010 1.34 (1.04, 1.73) 0.024
 Q3 136 1.42 (1.10, 1.84) 0.007 1.35 (1.04, 1.76) 0.023
 Q4 153 1.56 (1.21, 2.00) 0.001 1.43 (1.10, 1.87) 0.008
 P for trend 0.001 0.011
 Per 5-μg/m3∗day 1.77 (1.23, 2.55) 0.002 1.54 (1.04, 2.29) 0.031
PM10(μg/m3)
 Q1 124 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Q2 129 1.05 (0.82, 1.34) 0.712 1.02 (0.79, 1.3) 0.903
 Q3 134 1.10 (0.86, 1.41) 0.427 1.04 (0.81, 1.33) 0.758
 Q4 146 1.27 (1.00, 1.61) 0.051 1.19 (0.93, 1.53) 0.172
 P for trend 0.042 0.156
 Per 5-μg/m3∗day 1.34 (1.08, 1.67) 0.008 1.28 (1.02, 1.62) 0.037
NO2(μg/m3)
 Q1 99 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Q2 139 1.50 (1.16, 1.94) 0.002 1.45 (1.12, 1.88) 0.005
 Q3 149 1.61 (1.25, 2.08) 0.000 1.54 (1.19, 2.00) 0.001
 Q4 146 1.62 (1.25, 2.09) 0.000 1.52 (1.16, 2.00) 0.003
 P for trend 0.000 0.005
 Per 5 μg/m3∗day 1.07 (1.03, 1.12) 0.002 1.06 (1.01, 1.12) 0.016
NOx(μg/m3)
 Q1 106 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Q2 131 1.28 (0.99, 1.66) 0.056 1.25 (0.97, 1.62) 0.089
 Q3 142 1.42 (1.11, 1.83) 0.006 1.35 (1.04, 1.75) 0.023
 Q4 154 1.53 (1.19, 1.96) 0.001 1.43 (1.10, 1.86) 0.008
 P for trend 0.001 0.008
 Per 5-μg/m3∗day 1.04 (1.01, 1.07) 0.003 1.03 (1.00, 1.06) 0.027
Combined air pollution exposure score (per SD increment) 533 1.14 (1.06, 1.24) 0.001 1.13 (1.03, 1.23) 0.011

Model 1 adjusted for age at recruitment and sex.

Model 2 adjusted for age at recruitment, sex, education, TDI, ethnicity, family history of CRC, BMI, alcohol intake, physical activity and smoking.