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. 2021 Aug 20;32(4):530–537. doi: 10.1038/s41370-021-00378-6

Table 2.

HDL cholesterol generalized additive model results.

Pollutant 1-day average 1-week average 1-month average 3-month average 6-month average 1-year average
NO2 (ppb) IQRs 9.4 10.1 9.7 9.3 6.0 2.2
   Estimate –5.10 –4.60 –0.10 –15.40 –7.90 –3.10
   95% CI (–8.4, –1.8) (–8.7, –0.6) (–3.2, 3) (–27.4, –3.4) (–15.4, –0.4) (–6.3, 0.1)
   P value 0.003 0.026 0.95 0.013 0.041 0.057
NOx (ppb) IQRs 13.1 13.4 14.7 12.6 8.7 3.5
   Estimate –1.20 –4.20 –6.80 –6.70 –3.60 –2.90
   95% CI (–4.1, 1.7) (–8, –0.5) (–13.9, 0.2) (–13, –0.3) (–6.6, –0.5) (–5.4, –0.5)
   P value 0.404 0.027 0.06 0.042 0.022 0.018
PAH456 (ng/m3) IQRs 7.7 7.9 8.4 7.9 5.2 0.8
   Estimate 0.20 0.10 –0.40 –4.90 –2.70 –1.40
   95% CI (–2.6, 3.1) (–2.9, 3.1) (–3.9, 3) (–17.5, 7.7) (–6.5, 1.1) (–4.3, 1.4)
   P value 0.869 0.957 0.81 0.448 0.163 0.327
EC (μg/m3) IQRs 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
   Estimate –1.40 –1.30 0.80 –6.00 –3.20 –1.70
   95% CI (–4.4, 1.5) (–4, 1.5) (–1.8, 3.5) (–12, 0.1) (–6.2, –0.3) (–4.2, 0.7)
   P value 0.33 0.366 0.536 0.054 0.034 0.172
CO (ppm) IQRs 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1
   Estimate –2 –2.6 –0.4 –22.8 –5.4 –2.2
   95% CI (–5.6, 1.6) (–7.7, 2.5) (–4, 3.1) (–44.1, –1.5) (–14.9, 4.2) (–5.2, 0.7)
   P value 0.272 0.317 0.813 0.038 0.275 0.144
PM2.5 (μg/m3) IQRs 11.9 14.7 16.5 13.7 9.8 3.6
   Estimate 0 0.2 0.8 –2.2 –1.4 –0.8
   95% CI (–0.9, 0.9) (–1.1, 1.5) (–1.3, 2.9) (–7.5, 3.1) (–3.5, 0.8) (–3.3, 1.6)
   P value 0.952 0.748 0.466 0.416 0.206 0.514

All results are absolute changes in HDL (mg/dL) per interquartile range (IQR) of the pollutant. These estimates come from a GAM model that adjusted for whether or not the child lives with a smoker, whether or not the child is Latinx, physical activity, household income, and a smoothed term for the day of study.