Table 2.
Association between odds of prevalent hypertension and quartiles of one-year moving average of PM2.5
| PM2.5 IQR incrementa |
POR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
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| Base modelb | Adjusted Modelc | |
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| 1 year | 1.18 (1.08, 1.29) | 1.24 (1.11, 1.38) |
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| Trend Analysis | ||
| Quartile1 | -- | -- |
| Quartile 2 | 1.12 (0.94, 1.34) | 1.15 (0.94, 1.39) |
| Quartile 3 | 1.39 (1.16, 1.68) | 1.48 (1.19, 1.84) |
| Quartile 4 | 1.35 (1.12, 1.62) | 1.46 (1.17, 1.81) |
| P trend | <0.001 | <0.001 |
a
IQR PM: 1 year: 3.91 µg/m3
b
Base model includes PM2.5, BMI, age, sex, education, diabetes status, race
c
Adjusted model additionally controls for tobacco and alcohol use, physical activity, region, urbanicity, census track data on median household income and percent of households living below the poverty line