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. 2013 Jan 24;8(1):e52715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052715

Table 4. Association between air pollution and asthma and wheezing stratified by GSTP1 genotypes in single pollutant model.

GSTP1 Ile-Ile GSTP1 Ile-Val or Val-Val Interaction p-value
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Asthma (n = 167/2164) (n = 84/1138)
NO2 (8.79 ppb) 0.88 0.64–1.22 1.30 0.83–2.03 0.24
CO (105 ppb) 1.03 0.89–1.20 1.11 0.90–1.36 0.84
SO2 (1.31 ppb) 0.88 0.77–1.01 1.06 0.89–1.26 0.08
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 0.60 0.45–0.82 1.52 1.01–2.27 0.001
O3 (8.77 ppb) 0.74 0.60–0.90 1.19 0.91–1.57 0.03
Wheezing (n = 260/2174) (n = 137/1141)
NO2 (8.79 ppb) 1.02 0.78–1.32 1.15 0.80–1.65 0.81
CO (105 ppb) 1.08 0.96–1.22 1.07 0.90–1.27 0.67
SO2 (1.31 ppb) 0.91 0.81–1.02 1.01 0.87–1.16 0.26
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 0.75 0.59–0.96 1.24 0.89–1.71 0.027
O3 (8.77 ppb) 0.82 0.69–0.96 1.09 0.88–1.82 0.049

Two-stage hierarchical analysis adjusting for age, sex, parental education, yearly income, during of breast feeding, gestational age, maternal smoking during pregnancy, environmental tobacco smoke, cockroaches note monthly, carpet, pets, home dampness and mold, parental atopy.