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. 2021 Sep 1;2021:208.

Table 24.

Hazard Ratios for Associations Between Air Pollution and Natural-Cause Mortality in Time Varying Analyses: Time-Varying Exposure Including Residential Mobility: Meta-analysisa of Administrative Cohorts

Pollutant Main Model Strata for 1 Yearb
(difference method)
HR (95% CI)
Strata for 1 Yearb
(ratio method)
HR (95% CI)
Strata for 5 Yearb
(difference method)
HR (95% CI)
Strata for 5 Yearb
(ratio method)
HR (95% CI)
PM2.5 1.053 (1.021, 1.085) 1.047 (1.012, 1.083) 1.039 (1.012, 1.068) 1.070 (0.969, 1.182) 1.061 (0.975, 1.154)
NO2 1.044 (1.019, 1.069) 1.039 (1.014, 1.063) 1.037 (1.014, 1.060) 1.044 (1.007, 1.082) 1.049 (1.007, 1.093)
BC 1.039 (1.018, 1.059) 1.033 (1.014, 1.052) 1.034 (1.015, 1.054) 1.027 (0.988, 1.068) 1.015 (0.945, 1.090)
O3 0.953 (0.929, 0.979) 0.957 (0.932, 0.982) 0.958 (0.934, 0.983) 1.009 (0.944, 1.078) 1.014 (0.952, 1.080)

a Meta-analyses of seven cohorts (1-year strata) and of five cohorts (5-year strata, all but Dutch and English because of short follow-up time).

b To adjust for time trends in mortality and pollution.