Table 4.
Effect of 10% increase in pollutant concentration on asthma outpatient visits (%)
| 0-day lag | 1-day lag | 2-day lags | |||||||
| Mode 1 | |||||||||
| Pollutants | Mean | 95% LCI | 95% UCI | Mean | 95% LCI | 95%UCI | Mean | 95% LCI | 95%UCI |
| PM10 | 0.34* | 0.22 | 0.46 | 0.14* | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.19* | 0.11 | 0.27 |
| SO2 | 0.44* | 0.31 | 0.57 | 0.25* | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.13* | 0.02 | 0.24 |
| O3 | 0.08* | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.13* | 0.09 | 0.18 | 0.11* | 0.05 | 0.16 |
| NO2 | 0.65* | 0.48 | 0.83 | 0.24* | 0.06 | 0.42 | 0.11 | -0.08 | 0.29 |
| Model 2 | |||||||||
| PM10 | 0.20* | 0.01 | 0.39 | -0.05 | -0.18 | 0.09 | 0.14* | 0.01 | 0.28 |
| SO2 | 0.27* | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.19* | 0.05 | 0.32 | 0.03 | -0.12 | 0.18 |
| O3 | -0.13* | -0.24 | -0.01 | 0.06 | -0.01 | 0.12 | 0.07* | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| NO2 | 0.30* | 0.16 | 0.45 | -0.03 | -0.30 | 0.25 | 0.00 | -0.25 | 0.24 |
◎ Model 1: Single pollutant model.
Model 2: Four pollutants model.
*Statistically significant.