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. 2016 Sep 30;10:58–69. doi: 10.2174/1874306401610010058

Table 2. Association between health symptoms and 2012 particle exposure among respondents living in their recent address.

OR (95% CI) per increase in interquartile range exposure
Traffic induced PM10 Residential heating induced PM2.5 Total all sources induced PM2.5
Crude model Adjusted model1 Multi-source model2 Crude model Adjusted model1 Multi-source model2 Crude model Adjusted model1
Attack of cough 1.06 (0.89−1.28) 1.09 (0.86−1.35) 1.09 (0.86−1.38) 0.98 (0.78−1.22) 1.00 (0.77−1.30) 0.95 (0.72−1.29) 1.04 (0.85−1.30) 1.08 (0.85−1.34)
Wheeze without cold 1.06 (0.81−1.35) 1.06 (0.79−1.45) 1.03 (0.74−1.45) 0.98 (0.72−1.36) 1.16 (0.78−1.73) 1.14 (0.75−1.73) 1.04 (0.79−1.39) 1.12 (0.79−1.60)
Ever had asthma 1.09 (0.76−1.60) 1.09 (0.69−1.76) 1.06 (0.65−1.72) 1.19 (0.74−1.94) 1.19 (0.64−2.17) 1.16 (0.60−2.19) 1.16 (0.76−1.71) 1.16 (0.70−1.89)
Allergic rhinitis 1.21 (0.94–1.56) 1.09 (0.79–1.45) 1.25 (0.89–1.72) 0.87 (0.63–1.17) 0.68 (0.47–1.00)* 0.63 (0.42–0.94)* 1.12 (0.85–1.49) 0.93 (0.67–1.30)
Attack of breathlessness 1.15 (0.89–1.45) 1.21 (0.89–1.60) 1.21 (0.89–1.64) 0.97 (0.70–1.32) 1.06 (0.71–1.56) 0.97 (0.64–1.48) 1.12 (0.85–1.44) 1.21 (0.85–1.65)
Chest tightness 1.12 (0.89–1.42) 1.15 (0.86–1.49) 1.12 (0.84–1.49) 0.98 (0.74–1.32) 1.09 (0.78–1.56) 1.05 (0.72–1.51) 1.08 (0.85–1.39) 1.16 (0.85–1.55)
Cardiac disease 1.28 (1.01–1.64)* 1.45 (1.06–1.93)* 1.45 (1.09–2.02)* 1.02 (0.74–1.39) 1.09 (0.74–1.60) 0.92 (0.60–1.39) 1.25 (0.96–1.65) 1.42 (1.02–1.95)*
Hypertension 1.15 (0.94–1.42) 1.06 (0.81–1.38) 1.12 (0.84–1.49) 0.85 (0.66–1.11) 0.82 (0.59–1.16) 0.78 (0.54–1.12) 1.08 (0.89–1.39) 0.99 (0.73–1.34)
Stroke 1.09 (0.53–2.21) 1.21 (0.53–2.77) 1.28 (0.51–3.12) 0.79 (0.31–1.97) 0.94 (0.33–2.76) 0.85 (0.27–2.71) 1.01 (0.45–2.28) 1.16 (0.47–2.99)
Heart infarction or angina pectoris 1.18 (0.74–1.89) 1.49 (0.81–2.72) 1.64 (0.89–3.12) 0.62 (0.33–1.16) 0.85 (0.39–1.86) 0.67 (0.28–1.56) 0.98 (0.56–1.71) 1.34 (0.70–2.66)

1Logistic regression model adjusted for gender, age, BMI, education, smoking history in the last 10 years (current, ex–, never) and ETS; * p < 0.05

2Logistic regression model also adjusted for residential heating PM2.5 or traffic PM10 respectively; * p < 0.05