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. 2012 Jul 18;11:48. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-48

Table 4.

Adjusted hazard ratios (HR) of the association between nitrogen dioxide (NO2) estimated from the 1995/96 and the 2007 LUR models and natural mortality. Rome 2001-2006

  1995/96 LUR model
2007 LUR model
Population HR 95%CI Population HR 95%CI
Quintiles of NO2
1
136,842
1.00
 
 
 
136,841
1.00
 
 
 
2
136,840
1.04
1.01
-
1.07
136,842
1.06
1.03
-
1.09
3
136,885
1.08
1.05
-
1.11
136,846
1.08
1.04
-
1.11
4
136,829
1.08
1.04
-
1.11
136,843
1.09
1.06
-
1.13
5
136,808
1.10
1.06
-
1.13
136,832
1.11
1.07
-
1.14
p-trend§
 
<0.001
 
 
 
 
<0.001
 
 
 
Categories of NO2
<=35 μg/m3
44,357
1.00
 
 
 
103,836
1.00
 
 
 
35-45 μg/m3
217,880
1.05
1.01
-
1.10
246,148
1.07
1.04
-
1.10
45-50 μg/m3
259,318
1.10
1.05
-
1.14
181,160
1.10
1.07
-
1.14
>50 μg/m3
162,649
1.13
1.08
-
1.18
153,060
1.12
1.08
-
1.16
p-trend§
 
<0.001
 
 
 
 
<0.001
 
 
 
Effect per linear increase in NO2
per 10 μg/m3
 
1.06
1.04
-
1.08
 
1.04
1.03
-
1.05
per IQ range*   1.04 1.03 - 1.06   1.04 1.03 - 1.06

HR, Hazard Ratios, adjusted for age, sex, marital status, place of birth, education, occupation, and area-based socioeconomic position.

* The IQ ranges are 7.28 μg/m3 and 10.37 μg/m3, in 1995/96 and in 2007, respectively.

§ Wald test.