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. 2014 May 16;122(9):896–905. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307725

Table 4.

Adjusteda associations of TRAP and traffic indicators with BP, estimated with random-effects meta-analysis.

Outcome and exposure (increment) Studies (n) No BPLM phet I2 (%) BPLM intake phet I2 (%)
Changeb [mmHg (95% CI)] Change [mmHg (95% CI)]
Systolic BP
PM2.5 (5 μg/m3) 12c 0.20 (–0.76, 1.16) 0.09 38 0.98 (–0.35, 2.31) 0.49 0
PM2.5 absorbance (10–5/m) 12 0.07 (–0.46, 0.60) 0.42 3 –0.04 (–1.37, 1.29) 0.28 17
PMcoarse (5 μg/m3) 12 –0.09 (–0.76, 0.58) 0.01 58 0.30 (–0.44, 1.04) 0.59 0
PM10 (10 μg/m3) 12 0.09 (–0.60, 0.78) 0.10 36 0.44 (–0.68, 1.56) 0.36 9
NO2 (10 μg/m3) 13 –0.29 (–0.70, 0.12) 0.02 50 –0.14 (–0.77, 0.49) 0.26 18
NOx (20 μg/m3) 13 –0.08 (–0.47, 0.31) 0.03 48 0.04 (–0.43, 0.51) 0.61 0
Traffic load (4 × 106 vehicles × m/day) 13d 0.35 (0.02, 0.68) 0.35 9 –0.11 (–0.74, 0.52) 0.84 0
Traffic intensity (5,000 vehicles/day) 12e 0.08 (–0.06, 0.22) 0.86 0 0.11 (–0.22, 0.45) 0.73 0
Diastolic BP
PM2.5 (5 μg/m3) 12c 0.14 (–0.57, 0.85) 0.01 57 0.59 (–0.19, 1.37) 0.88 0
PM2.5 absorbance (10–5/m) 12 0.24 (–0.09, 0.57) 0.4 5 0.43 (–0.49, 1.35) 0.14 32
PMcoarse (5 μg/m3) 12 0.13 (–0.11, 0.37) 0.25 20 0.34 (–0.23, 0.91) 0.13 32
PM10 (10 μg/m3) 12 0.17 (–0.12, 0.46) 0.31 14 0.63 (–0.11, 1.37) 0.23 22
NO2 (10 μg/m3) 13 0.04 (–0.10, 0.18) 0.62 0 0.21 (–0.12, 0.54) 0.32 13
NOx (20 μg/m3) 13 0.09 (–0.05, 0.23) 0.62 0 0.32 (–0.01, 0.65) 0.30 14
Traffic load (4 × 106 vehicles × m/day) 13d 0.22 (0.04, 0.40) 0.72 0 –0.04 (–0.39, 0.31) 0.94 0
Traffic intensity (5,000 vehicles/day) 12e 0.08 (0.00, 0.16) 0.80 0 –0.04 (–0.30, 0.21) 0.22 22
I2 is a measure of heterogeneity between cohorts, and phet is a p-value for the Q-test of ­heterogeneity. aAdjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking status, pack-years of smoking, passive smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, educational level, economic activity, neighborhood SES (including a random intercept for a neighborhood). bEstimated change in BP refers to the indicated exposure increment. cFINRISK, HUBRO, 60-year-olds, SDPP, SNAC-K, TwinGene, EPIC-MORGEN, EPIC-Prospect, HNR, KORA, SAPALDIA (Lugano site), REGICOR; n(total) = 91,574; n(non­medicated) = 79,404; n(medicated) = 12,170. dFINRISK, HUBRO, 60-year-olds, SDPP, SNAC-K, TwinGene, EPIC-Umeå, EPIC-MORGEN, EPIC-Prospect, HNR, KORA, SAPALDIA, REGICOR; n(total) = 114,648; n(non­medicated) = 99,705; n(medicated) = 14,943. eFINRISK, HUBRO, 60-year-olds, SDPP, SNAC-K, TwinGene, EPIC-Umeå, EPIC-MORGEN, EPIC-Prospect, KORA, SAPALDIA, REGICOR; n(total) = 110,033; n(non­medicated) = 96,717; n(medicated) = 13,316.