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Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2016 Apr 25;148:360–366. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.021

Table 3. Incidence of diabetes per IQR (9.7 ppb) increase in NO2 in strata of covariates, NO2 estimates from LUR in 56 cities, exposure metric = overall mean.

Cases/PYs Model 2 HR (95% CI)*

Neighborhood SES
 Quintile 1 1081/85,569 0.89 (0.67, 1.18)
 Quintile 2 934/86,213 0.99 (0.75, 1.29)
 Quintile 3 879/88,921 0.95 (0.74, 1.21)
 Quintile 4 833/95,834 0.79 (0.62, 0.99)
 Quintile 5 660/96,683 0.84 (0.66, 1.07)
Interaction p-value: 0.77
BMI
 <25 298/135,021 1.22 (0.83, 1.79)
 25-29 1184/154,702 1.04 (0.86, 1.25)
 ≥30 2905/163,498 0.97 (0.87, 1.10)
Interaction p-value: 0.83
Age
 <40 655/133,509 0.94 (0.75, 1.19)
 40-54 2200/224,159 0.97 (0.86, 1.10)
 ≥55 1532/95,553 1.04 (0.89, 1.20)
Interaction p-value: 0.72
Education
 ≤HS 980/71,966 0.98 (0.78, 1.24)
 Some college 1476/142,585 0.97 (0.81, 1.16)
 College graduate 1926/238,024 0.98 (0.85, 1.13)
Interaction p-value: 0.89
Hypertension
 No 1932/310,669 1.05 (0.91, 1.21)
 Yes 2455/142,551 0.91 (0.80, 1.04)
Interaction p-value: 0.19
Vigorous exercise
 <5 hours/week 4157/407,886 0.97 (0.88, 1.07)
 ≥5 hours/week 187/41,596 0.69 (0.37, 1.27)
Interaction p-value: 0.60
Smoking
 Never 2344/281,409 0.93 (0.81, 1.05)
 Past or current 2037/170,892 1.04 (0.90, 1.21)
Interaction p-value: 0.11
Meat/fried food diet pattern score
 Quintile 1 700/87,221 0.90 (0.69, 1.18)
 Quintile 2 755/85,892 0.77 (0.60, 1.00)
 Quintile 3 814/86,307 1.10 (0.85, 1.42)
 Quintile 4 866/86,104 0.98 (0.77, 1.24)
 Quintile 5 965/84,832 1.00 (0.80, 1.25)
Interaction p-value: 0.96
*

Adjusted for the following, unless the variable is the stratifying variable: age, questionn aire cycle, metro area, BMI (weight in kg/height2 in m) (<25, 25-29.9, 30-34.9, 35-39.9, ≥40), years of education (≤12, 13-15, 16, ≥17), hours/wee k vigorous exercise (none, <5, ≥5), vegetable/fruit diet pattern score (quintiles) and meat/fried foods diet pattern score (quintiles), and smoking status (never, past, <15 cigarettes/day, ≥15 cigarettes/day).