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. 2022 Feb 9;130(2):027005. doi: 10.1289/EHP9563

Table 2.

Results of basic and multiadjusted linear mixed models on associations between air pollution in PM2.5 and NOx (5-y mean prior to baseline assessment, continuous and quartiles) and intercept and change (score/year) in odor identification in the total sample (n=2,468), derived from the SNAC-K study on aging and care in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden (baseline assessment between 2001 and 2003; last assessment between 2013 and 2015).

Intercept Change
Basic modela
β (95% CI)
p-Value Adjusted modelb
β (95% CI)
p-Value Basic modela
β (95% CI)
p-Value Adjusted modelb
β (95% CI)
p-Value
PM2.5 (μg/m3) 0.194 (0.045, 0.342) 0.01 0.181 (0.031, 0.330) 0.02 0.021 (0.045, 0.004) 0.10 0.022 (0.047, 0.002) 0.08
NOx (μg/m3) 0.011 (0.002, 0.02) 0.02 0.010 (0.001, 0.002) 0.02 0.001 (0.002, 0.001) 0.35 0.001 (0.002, 0.001) 0.30
PM2.5 quartiles (range) Trend in change
(p-value)
2nd (7.98–8.27μg/m3) 0.104 (0.192, 0.400) 0.49 0.124 (0.170, 0.418) 0.41 0.028 (0.075, 0.020) 0.26 0.027 (0.074, 0.021) 0.27 0.53
3rd (8.27–8.59μg/m3) 0.215 (0.081, 0.512) 0.16 0.208 (0.089, 0.505) 0.17 0.090 (0.138, 0.042) 0.000 0.090 (0.138, 0.042) 0.000
4th (8.59–12.37μg/m3) 0.250 (0.047, 0.546) 0.10 0.266 (0.033, 0.565) 0.08 0.072 (0.120, 0.024) 0.003 0.070 (0.118, 0.022) 0.005
NOx quartiles (range) Trend in change
(p-value)
2nd (26.76–31.83μg/m3) 0.107 (0.190, 0.404) 0.48 0.112 (0.183, 0.407) 0.46 0.027 (0.075, 0.021) 0.27 0.027 (0.075, 0.022) 0.28 0.11
3rd (31.85–36.59μg/m3) 0.235 (0.063, 0.533) 0.12 0.247 (0.051, 0.545) 0.11 0.054 (0.102, 0.006) 0.028 0.053 (0.101, 0.005) 0.029
4th (36.59–110.03μg/m3) 0.230 (0.068, 0.527) 0.13 0.259 (0.039, 0.557) 0.09 0.067 (0.115, 0.020) 0.006 0.067 (0.115, 0.019) 0.006

Note: —, no data; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; NOx, nitrogen oxide; PM2.5, particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5μm.

a

Adjusted for age, sex, and education.

bAdjusted for age, sex, education, odor test version at baseline, baseline assessment year, vocabulary, longest held occupation, BMI, smoking, diabetes, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease.