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. 2016 Jun 27;125(1):89–96. doi: 10.1289/EHP220

Table 1.

Risk estimates for all-cause mortality by exposure domain.

Exposure domain Relative risk (95% CI) Exposure Age group Study design Reference
Physical activitya 0.81 (0.76, 0.85) 11 versus 0 MET hr/week ≥ 20 years Meta-analysis Woodcock et al. 2011
Air pollutionb 1.07 (1.04, 1.09) Per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 exposure ≥ 20 years Meta-analysis WHO Regional Office for Europe 2014b
Noisec 1.04 (1.00, 1.07) Daytime traffic noise LAeq,16hr > 60 dB(A) versus < 55 dB(A) ≥ 25 years Ecological study Halonen et al. 2015
Heatd 1.19 (1.16, 1.23) 99th versus 74th temperature percentile NA Time-series study Guo et al. 2014
Green spacee 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) Per 10% increase in greenness ≥ 18 years Meta-analysis Gascon et al. 2015
Notes: CI, confidence interval; dB(A), A-weighted average sound pressure decibel levels; LAeq, A-weighted equivalent sound pressure levels in decibels; MET, metabolic equivalent of task (1 MET = 1 kcal/kg/hr); NA, not available; PM2.5, particulate matter with a diameter ≤ 2.5 μm. aMortality effect of physical activity modeled with a curvilinear exposure response function, applying a 0.25 power transformation. bMortality effect of air pollution modeled with a linear exposure response function. cMortality effect of noise modeled with a logarithmic exposure response function. dMortality effect of heat modeled with a linear exposure response function after determining the minimum mortality percentile (74th temperature percentile) of daily mean temperature at 21.8°C. eMortality effect of greenness [defined as green space surface in percent (%GS)] modeled with a linear exposure response function.