Table 3.
Percentage increase (mean and 95% confidence intervals) of stroke mortality associated with 10 μg/m3 increase of PM2.5 and PM10 using different lag structures by gender and age.
| Gender | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ~ <45 | 45~ <65 | >=65 | ||
| PM2.5 | lag0 | 0.24 (0.03–0.45) | 0.32 (0.08–0.56) | 0.25 (−1.03–1.54) | 0.24 (−0.16–0.64) | 0.28 (0.1–0.45) |
| lag1 | 0.09 (−0.10–0.27) | 0.08 (−0.13–0.29) | 0.62 (−0.48–1.73) | −0.1 (−0.45–0.25) | 0.11 (−0.04–0.26) | |
| lag2 | −0.11 (−0.28–0.07) | −0.12 (−0.32–0.08) | 0.44 (−0.62–1.51) | −0.38 (−0.72–0.03) | −0.06 (−0.2–0.09) | |
| lag01 | 0.22 (−0.01–0.45) | 0.25 (0–0.51) | 0.7 (−0.66–2.08) | 0.05 (−0.38–0.48) | 0.26 (0.07–0.45) | |
| lag02 | 0.08 (−0.17–0.32) | 0.09 (−0.19–0.37) | 0.86 (−0.6–2.34) | −0.26 (−0.72–0.21) | 0.14 (−0.06–0.35) | |
| PM10 | lag0 | 0.14 (−0.03–0.31) | 0.25 (0.06–0.44) | −0.46 (−1.5–0.58) | 0.23 (−0.09–0.55) | 0.19 (0.05–0.33) |
| lag1 | 0.07 (−0.09–0.23) | 0.14 (−0.04–0.32) | 0.47 (−0.51–1.46) | −0.03 (−0.34–0.28) | 0.12 (-0.02–0.25) | |
| lag2 | −0.11 (−0.27–0.05) | −0.03 (−0.21–0.15) | 0.38 (−0.59–1.35) | −0.41 (−0.72–0.1) | −0.01 (−0.14–0.13) | |
| lag01 | 0.15 (−0.04–0.35) | 0.28 (0.07–0.5) | 0.08 (−1.08–1.25) | 0.13 (−0.23–0.49) | 0.22 (0.07–0.38) | |
| lag02 | 0.04 (−0.17–0.25) | 0.2 (−0.04–0.44) | 0.35 (−0.92–1.65) | −0.2 (−0.6–0.2) | 0.17 (0–0.35) | |
PM2.5 indicates particulate matter <2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter, PM10 indicates particulate matter <10 μm in aerodynamic diameter.