Table 3.
Environmental factors in pregnancy in the study population
| Environemntal factors | Jewish origin (n = 23,254) |
Arab-Bedouin origin (n = 34,077) |
p-value1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min-Max | Mean ± SD Median | Inter-Quartile Range (IQR) | Min-Max | Mean ± SD Median | Inter-Quartile Range (IQR) | ||
| PM2.5, μg/m3 | 13.0–60.4 |
22.3 ± 2.1 22.0 |
20.6–23.7 | 13.5–77.0 |
22.0 ± 1.7 21.7 |
20.7–23.1 | < 0.001 |
| PM10, μg/m3 | 14.7–185.1 |
53.1 ± 6.5 52.9 |
48.2–57.1 | 23.2–168.5 |
50.2 ± 6.2 49.7 |
45.6–54.3 | < 0.001 |
| NO2, ppb | 1.3–22.9 |
9.6 ± 1.7 9.9 |
8.8–10.8 | 1.30–24.10 |
9.5 ± 1.7 9.8 |
8.8–10.6 | < 0.001 |
| SO2, ppb | 0.02–4.37 |
1.7 ± 0.4 1.8 |
1.6–2.0 | 0.01–3.62 |
1.6 ± 0.5 1.8 |
1.3–2.0 | < 0.001 |
| O3, ppb | 10.45–55.83 |
36.5 ± 3.0 36.5 |
34.8–38.6 | 6.85–56.79 |
36.3 ± 4.0 36.5 |
34.7–38.6 | < 0.001 |
| Temp, °C | 9.17–32.19 |
20.1 ± 1.8 20.1 |
18.6–21.5 | 8.7–29.11 |
20.0 ± 1.7 20.1 |
18.6–21.4 | < 0.001 |
| Humidity, % | 16.65–86.8 |
60.4 ± 15.5 65.4 |
59.0–67.6 | 16.44–83.02 |
60.4 ± 15.7 65.4 |
59.0–67.8 | 0.960 |
1Data evaluated with t-test or Mann-Whitney test