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. 2004 Dec 14;113(3):290–296. doi: 10.1289/ehp.7300

Table 4.

RRs (95% CIs) for single-pollutant models using case-crossover method for an increase in IQR.a

All age groups
0–14 years
15–64 years
≥65 years
Pollutants (IQR) Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
NO2 (16 ppb)
 Lag 1 1.078 (0.995–1.168) 0.957 (0.883–1.036) 1.145 (0.996–1.317) 0.981 (0.873–1.103) 1.004 (0.870–1.159) 0.988 (0.806–1.210) 1.081 (0.964–1.212) 0.915 (0.810–1.034)
 Lag 2 1.100 (0.998–1.213) 0.960 (0.873–1.055) 1.189 (1.002–1.411)* 0.933 (0.810–1.074) 1.055 (0.883–1.260) 1.004 (0.789–1.277) 1.063 (0.925–1.222) 0.959 (0.832–1.105)
 Lag 3 1.085 (0.972–1.210) 0.951 (0.854–1.057) 1.178 (0.973–1.427) 0.910 (0.777–1.066) 1.114 (0.915–1.356) 0.972 (0.744–1.268) 1.001 (0.856–1.172) 0.973 (0.829–1.142)
SO2 (19.25 ppb)
 Lag 1 1.047 (0.978–1.122) 0.939 (0.874–1.009) 1.119 (0.995–1.259) 0.923 (0.831–1.025) 1.002 (0.879–1.141) 0.944 (0.798–1.116) 1.020 (0.924–1.126) 0.968 (0.867–1.082)
 Lag 2 1.062 (0.969–1.164) 1.003 (0.914–1.101) 1.126 (0.957–1.325) 0.984 (0.859–1.128) 1.057 (0.893–1.252) 1.071 (0.859–1.334) 1.011 (0.888–1.152) 0.994 (0.861–1.147)
 Lag 3 1.073 (0.963–1.195) 0.989 (0.886–1.103) 1.100 (0.907–1.335) 0.961 (0.819–1.126) 1.055 (0.864–1.289) 1.022 (0.785–1.330) 1.044 (0.896–1.216) 1.008 (0.852–1.192)
CO (1.17 ppm)
 Lag 1 1.037 (0.968–1.111) 0.950 (0.884–1.020) 1.147 (1.006–1.307)* 1.003 (0.904–1.113) 1.005 (0.884–1.141) 1.036 (0.870–1.233) 1.014 (0.922–1.116) 0.867 (0.775–0.970)
 Lag 2 1.063 (0.976–1.158) 0.945 (0.862–1.036) 1.186 (1.020–1.379)* 0.997 (0.871–1.141) 1.007 (0.859–1.181) 1.033 (0.821–1.299) 1.024 (0.907–1.156) 0.865 (0.752–0.994)
 Lag 3 1.087 (0.982–1.203) 0.965 (0.866–1.075) 1.221 (1.022–1.459)* 0.970 (0.824–1.141) 1.032 (0.858–1.240) 0.991 (0.760–1.293) 1.035 (0.893–1.200) 0.946 (0.807–1.109)
O3 (29 ppb)
 Lag 1 1.013 (0.766–1.339) 1.064 (0.930–1.217) 1.046 (0.800–1.367) 1.070 (0.854–1.340) 0.937 (0.723–1.214) 0.899 (0.630–1.282) 1.122 (0.919–1.369) 1.095 (0.896–1.339)
 Lag 2 1.066 (0.778–1.462) 1.037 (0.889–1.211) 1.084 (0.797–1.474) 1.024 (0.797–1.316) 0.838 (0.625–1.123) 0.974 (0.651–1.457) 1.147 (0.912–1.444) 1.039 (0.826–1.308)
 Lag 3 1.007 (0.712–1.424) 1.015 (0.855–1.207) 1.013 (0.721–1.425) 1.032 (0.786–1.355) 0.877 (0.639–1.203) 0.972 (0.625–1.513) 1.161 (0.901–1.496) 0.987 (0.765–1.273)
PM10 (31 μg/m3)
 Lag 1 1.034 (0.974–1.098) 0.997 (0.942–1.056) 1.040 (0.944–1.146) 0.965 (0.887–1.050) 1.038 (0.937–1.151) 1.055 (0.926–1.203) 1.027 (0.936–1.125) 0.999 (0.912–1.094)
 Lag 2 1.045 (0.972–1.124) 1.022 (0.953–1.097) 1.032 (0.916–1.162) 0.948 (0.857–1.048) 1.051 (0.920–1.200) 1.136 (0.964–1.339) 1.051 (0.943–1.171) 1.059 (0.942–1.191)
 Lag 3 1.054 (0.970–1.145) 1.008 (0.930–1.092) 1.052 (0.919–1.204) 0.914 (0.815–1.025) 1.020 (0.872–1.194) 1.026 (0.852–1.236) 1.073 (0.949–1.214) 1.125 (0.985–1.284)
COH (0.5)
 Lag 1 1.092 (1.037–1.176)* 0.974 (0.906–1.048) 1.101 (0.971–1.245) 1.025 (0.925–1.134) 1.135 (0.997–1.292) 1.013 (0.845–1.214) 1.058 (0.946–1.184) 0.898 (0.799–1.008)
 Lag 2 1.097 (0.998–1.206) 1.001 (0.913–1.098) 1.119 (0.953–1.314) 1.004 (0.880–1.144) 1.196 (1.003–1.426)* 1.040 (0.823–1.315) 1.029 (0.897–1.181) 0.966 (0.837–1.115)
 Lag 3 1.104 (0.989–1.232) 1.020 (0.915–1.136) 1.086 (0.903–1.307) 0.995 (0.853–1.160) 1.289 (1.051–1.582)* 0.968 (0.740–1.267) 1.016 (0.865–1.193) 1.048 (0.886–1.241)
TRS (8 ppb)
 Lag 1 1.007 (0.961–1.054) 0.990 (0.945–1.037) 0.982 (0.899–1.072) 0.991 (0.923–1.063) 0.985 (0.903–1.076) 0.994 (0.895–1.103) 1.030 (0.965–1.098) 0.990 (0.925–1.061)
 Lag 2 1.000 (0.940–1.064) 1.009 (0.948–1.075) 1.056 (0.941–1.184) 1.015 (0.921–1.118) 0.960 (0.858–1.074) 1.035 (0.907–1.181) 0.987 (0.903–1.078) 0.992 (0.902–1.092)
 Lag 3 1.005 (0.935–1.081) 1.018 (0.944–1.098) 1.144 (0.999–1.310) 1.015 (0.933–1.185) 0.932 (0.813–1.069) 1.016 (0.867–1.192) 0.967 (0.872–1.073) 0.991 (0.886–1.110)
a

Adjusted for temperature, humidity, and change in barometric pressure.

*

Statistically significant at p < 0.05.