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. 2008 Jul 22;7:39. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-39

Table 2.

Percentage increase (and 95% CI) in admissions after adjusting for long- and short-term patterns as well as the effect of weather per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM10 and 10 ppb increase in O3 concentrations in Nicosia Central.

A. Per 10 μg/m3 increase in daily 24-hour average PM10 4
All admissions2 Cardiovascular3 Respiratory Cardiovascular + Respiratory
Lag 05 Lag 05 Lag 05 Lag 05

All age/sex groups 0.85 (0.55,1.15) 1.18 (-0.01,2.37) 0.10 (-0.91,1.11) 0.56 (-0.21,1.34)
 Nicosia residents1 0.73 (-0.62,2.09) 0.25 (-0.84,1.36) 0.38 (-0.47,1.23)
Males 0.96 (0.54,1.39) 1.27 (-0.15,2.72) -0.06 (-1.37,1.26) 0.63 (-0.34,1.62)
Females 0.74 (0.31,1.18) 0.99 (-1.11,3.14) 0.39 (-1.21,2.02) 0.59 (-0.68,1.87)
Aged <15 0.47 (-0.13,1.08) -0.35 (-1.77,1.08)
Aged >15 0.98 (0.63,1.33) 0.59 (-0.87,2.07)

B. Per 10 ppb increase in daily maximum 8-hour moving average O3

All admissions2 Cardiovascular3 Respiratory Cardiovascular + Respiratory
Lag 25 Lag 15 Lag 25 Lag 25

All age/sex groups 0.51 (-0.16,1.18) 2.91 (0.12,5.77) 0.44 (-1.85,2.78) 0.70 (-1.05,2.49)
 Nicosia residents1 2.48 (-0.72,5.78) 0.73 (-1.75,3.27) 0.81 (-1.13,2.80)
Males 0.58 (-0.35,1.52) 2.70 (-0.63,6.13) -1.76 (-4.63,1.19) -0.00 (-2.17,2.22)
Females 0.45 (-0.50,1.41) 3.46 (-1.53,8.70) 3.89 (0.12,7.80) 1.93 (-1.03,4.97)
Aged <15 1.58 (0.25,2.92) 2.27 (-0.95,5.60)
Aged >15 0.15 (-0.62,0.92) -1.65 (-4.89,1.70)

Notes: 1 After restricting the analyses to Nicosia residents. 2 Only aggregate numbers of all-cause admissions were available, thus it was not possible to restrict numbers to Nicosia residents. 3 Only includes people of adult age (15+) due to the rarity of cardiovascular events in those aged less than 15. 4 Restricted to days with daily average < 150 μg/m3. 5 Only the lag (lag 0 = same day or lag 1, 2 = previous two days) with the strongest positive association is shown.