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

Table 5. Association between air pollution and asthma and persistent wheezing stratified by GSTP1 genotypes in two-pollutant models.

Asthma model 1 (O3+CO) model 2 (O3+NO2) model 3 (O3+SO2) model 4 (PM10+CO) model 5 (PM10+NO2)
GSTP1: Ile-Ile
O3 (8.77 ppb) 0.72 (0.58–0.89) 0.72 (0.59–0.88) 0.76 (0.62–0.94)
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 0.60 (0.45–0.82) 0.60 (0.44–0.83)
GSTP1: Ile-Val or Val-Val
O3 (8.77 ppb) 1.30 (0.96–1.77) 1.24 (0.92–1.66) 1.18 (0.89–1.57)
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 1.52 (1.01–2.27) 1.47 (0.97–2.23)
Wheezing
GSTP1: Ile-Ile
O3 (8.77 ppb) 0.83 (0.69–0.98) 0.81 (0.69–0.96) 0.84 (0.71–0.99)
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 0.75 (0.59–0.96) 0.74 (0.57–0.95)
GSTP1: Ile-Val or Val-Val
O3 (8.77 ppb) 1.14 (0.90–1.45) 1.10 (0.88–1.38) 1.11 (0.88–1.40)
PM2.5 (16.84 µg/m3) 1.23 (0.89–1.71) 1.21 (0.86–1.70)

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.