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. 2021 Nov 10;18(22):11796. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211796

Table 3.

Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the frailty according to the increases of PM2.5, PM10, and O3.

Pollutants ORs (95% CIs)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Robust vs. Frail
PM2.5 1 μg/m3 1.055 (1.002,1.112) 1.065 (0.974,1.165) 0.81 (0.702,0.962)
PM10 1 μg/m3 1.095 (1.060,1.131) 1.106 (1.056,1.158) 1.188 (1.093,1.290)
O3 1 ppb 1.041 (1.023,1.059) 1.093 (1.031,1.160) 1.021 (0.953,1.094)
PM2.5 1 SD 1.326 (1.154,1.524) 1.209 (0.923,1.583) 0.554 (0.345,0.890)
PM10 1 SD 1.574 (1.337,1.853) 1.655 (1.314,2.083) 2.364 (1.563,3.575)
O3 1 SD 1.271 (1.146,1.410) 1.709 (1.202,2.431) 1.133 (0.751,1.710)
Robust vs. pre-frail
PM2.5 1 μg/m3 1.053 (1.017,1.090) 1.030 (0.970,1.094) 0.802 (0.717,0.898)
PM10 1 μg/m3 1.062 (1.037,1.087) 1.072 (1.040,1.105) 1.168 (1.104,1.236)
O3 1 ppb 1.005 (0.985,1.025) 1.057 (1.015,1.101) 0.999 (0.953,1.047)
PM2.5 1 SD 1.167 (1.052,1.294) 1.093 (0.912,1.310) 0.516 (0.368,0.724)
PM10 1 SD 1.348 (1.198,1.518) 1.414 (1.216,1.645) 2.175 (1.642,2.882)
O3 1 SD 1.029 (0.912,1.161)) 1.395 (1.093,1.781) 0.992 (0.748,1.315)
Non-frail vs. frail
PM2.5 1 μg/m3 1.051 (1.014,1.090) 1.039 (0.968,1.116) 0.905 (0.797,1.028)
PM10 1 μg/m3 1.052 (1.024,1.080) 1.058 (1.019,1.098) 1.098 (1.027,1.173)
O3 1 ppb 1.024 (1.002,1.048) 1.051 (1.001,1.102) 1.017 (0.962,1.074)
PM2.5 1 SD 1.162 (1.043,1.294) 1.123 (0.908,1.388) 0.742 (0.506,1.087)
PM10 1 SD 1.287 (1.128,1.468) 1.324 (1.100,1.593) 1.593 (1.142,2.223)
O3 1 SD 1.155 (1.010,1.322) 1.344 (1.007,1.793) 1.104 (0.793,1.536)

Model 1: age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, body mass index, education, income, marital status, residence, and comorbidity; Model 2: Model 1 + meteorological data; Model 3: Model 2 + other PMs and ozone.