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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2017 Dec 7;50(6):1700559. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00559-2017

TABLE 3.

Long-term Estimates of Pollution Exposure and Progression of HAA

Annual change in % HAA per 5 mcg/m3 increment in PM2.5 (95% CI) p Annual change in % HAA per 40 ppb increment in NOx (95%CI) p Annual change in % HAA per 10 ppb increment in NO2 (95% CI) p Annual change in % HAA per 10 ppb increment in O3 (95% CI) p
Overall 0.54 (0.02 to 1.11) 0.04 0.55 (0.08 to 1.01) 0.02 0.22 (−0.26 to 0.68) 0.40 −0.021 (−0.63 to 0.59) 0.95
Sex
 Female 0.33 (−0.41 to 1.0) 0.41 0.80 (0.13 to 1.5) 0.02 0.39 (−0.09 to 0.86) 0.11 −0.29 (−1.1 to 0.55) 0.50
 Male 0.20 (−0.18 to 1.3) 0.14 0.13 (−0.54 to 0.79) 0.71 −0.14 (−0.62 to 0.33) 0.71 0.44 (−0.41 to 1.3) 0.31
Race
 White 1.0 (0.37 to 1.7) 0.003 1.0 (0.24 to 1.8) 0.01 0.57 (0.08 to 1.1) 0.02 0.34 (−0.43 to 1.1) 0.39
 Asian 2.1 (−1.0 to 5.2) 0.19 0.20 (−1.0 to 1.4) 0.74 −0.11 (−0.88 to 0.67) 0.74 1.7 (−0.05 to 3.4) 0.06
 Black 0.39 (−0.79 to 1.6) 0.52 0.64 (0.09 to 1.2) 0.02 0.57 (−0.66 to 0.77) 0.87 0.11 (−1.2 to 1.4) 0.86
 Hispanic 1.3 (0.03 to 2.6) 0.05 1.1 (0.03 to 2.2) 0.04 0.87 (−0.03 to 1.8) 0.06 −1.6 (−3.1 to −0.06) 0.04
Tobacco Use
 Never-smoker 0.62 (−0.1 to 1.3) 0.09 0.64 (−0.03 to 1.3) 0.06 0.33 (−0.15 to 0.82) 0.17 −0.04 (0.92 to 0.83) 0.93
 Ever-smoker 0.70 (−0.02 to 1.4) 0.06 0.69 (0.03 to 1.3) 0.04 0.21 (−0.26 to 0.68) 0.37 0.03 (−0.8 to 0.85) 0.95

Linear longitudinal association of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) with percent change in high attenuation areas (HAA), from linear mixed models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, JEM, height, BMI, waist circumference, smoking status, cigarette pack-years, glomerular filtration rate, total volume of image lung, percent emphysema on CT scan, CT scanner type and study site