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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 10;25(2):160–166. doi: 10.1038/jes.2013.16

TABLE 3.

Median bias and 82% interval (5th lowest value, 5th highest value from the 50 simulations) in the estimated regression coefficients (per standard unit increase in pollutant concentration) for each of the three daily pollutant metrics compared to the specified effect.

Central Monitor Metric Population-weighted Average Metric Unweighted Average Metric
Median Bias 82% Interval Median Bias 82% Interval Median Bias 82% Interval
NO2 −63.2% (−66.2%, −58.2%) −19.7% (−26.9%, −13.2%) −26.5% (−33.2%, −20.7%)
NOx −69.8% (−72.6%, −67.7%) 2.8% (−5.0%, 11.5%) −26.5% (−32.7%, −20.9%)
CO −77.0% (−78.6%, −74.0%) −18.2% (−24.4%, −10.8%) −48.0% (−52.2%, −43.4%)
SO2 −70.3% (−72.1%, −68.4%) −22.6% (−26.9%, −17.9%) −32.8% (−37.5%, −29.7%)
O3 −16.9% (−32.5%, −6.9%) −1.6% (−18.4%, 8.9%) −2.6% (−19.8%, 8.1%)
PM10 −39.6% (−43.6%, −32.2%) −14.6% (−19.5%, −5.2%) −13.7% (−18.3%, −4.2%)
PM2.5 −31.3% (−41.5%, −21.8%) −8.1% (−19.3%, 2.5%) −9.0% (−20.1%, 0.8%)
SO4 −29.7% (−37.8%, −21.2%) −8.4% (−17.8%, 1.7%) −4.8% (−15.3%, 5.4%)
NO3 −31.9% (−37.7%, −26.1%) −2.0% (−9.2%, 5.9%) −5.2% (−11.4%, 2.5%)
NH4 −26.6% (−33.6%, −20.2%) −5.7% (−13.5%, 2.6%) −3.1% (−11.7%, 5.3%)
EC −57.2% (−60.3%, −54.2%) −5.1% (−10.6%, 2.1%) −12.8% (−17.8%, −5.6%)
OC −41.8% (−48.7%, −37.1%) −9.1% (−15.4%, −4.1%) −8.6% (−14.7%, −2.9%)

Abbreviations: 1-hr maximum nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), and sulfur dioxide (SO2); 8-hr maximum ozone (O3); and 24-hr average particulate matter less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5), PM2.5 sulfate (SO4) , PM2.5 nitrate (NO3), PM2.5 ammonium (NH4), PM2.5 elemental carbon (EC), and PM2.5 organic carbon (OC).