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Simulated incremental risk of having a heart attack in the US population from exposure to PM2.5 assuming a basic relative risk of 1.2, a 2-fold modification of risk by diabetes, and a 2-fold modification by genetic factors unrelated to diabetes.
Note. There is a high incremental risk in a small fraction of the population.Source. Based on data for lifetime risk of myocardial infarction and income from Banks et al.61 and for lifetime risk of diabetes from Schramm et al.62
