Table 3.
Percentage changes with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) in AD outpatient visits stratified by gender, age and season.
| PM2.5 | PM10 | SO2 | NO2 | CO | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ER (95% Cl) | p value | ER (95% Cl) | p value | ER (95% Cl) | p value | ER (95% Cl) | p value | ER (95% Cl) | p value | |
| Male | 0.7 (0.1–1.3) | 0.9 (0.5–1.3) | 10.9 (7.2–14.7) | 5.5 (4.2–6.8) | 9.9 (2.1–18.3) | |||||
| Female | 0.8 (0.1–1.4) | 0.391 | 1.0 (0.5–1.5) | 0.374 | 11.4 (7.4–15.5) | 0.393 | 5.5 (4.1–6.9) | 0.398 | 10.5 (2.2–19.5) | 0.397 |
| Age 0–3 | 0.9 (0.2–1.5) | 1.1 (0.6–1.5) | 13.0 (9.1–−17.0) | 6.0 (4.7–7.4) | 13.0 (4.9–22.0) | |||||
| Age 4–18 | 0.4 (– 0.7–1.4) | 0.293 | 0.4 (– 0.3–1.2) | 0.145 | 2.8 (– 3.3–9.2) | 0.012 | 3.5 (1.3–5.7) | 0.065 | – 0.8 (– 12.4–12.4) | 0.084 |
| Warm | 1.2 (– 0.1–2.6) | 1.4 (0.5–2.2) | 8.3 (2.0–14.9) | 2.4 (0.4–4.4) | 10.0 (– 3.4–25.3) | |||||
| Cold | 0.7 (0.1–1.4) | 0.301 | 0.9 (0.4–1.4) | 0.256 | 12.6 (8.1–17.4) | 0.227 | 6.1 (4.4–7.8) | 0.009 | 7.7 (−0.9–17.1) | 0.385 |