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. 2022 Dec 21;21:134. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00948-7

Table 2.

Effect-modification observed for the spring–summer CRS population

Spring–Summer Population BC PM2.5 NO2 O3
Estimate p-value Estimate p-value Estimate p-value Estimate p-value
Sex (Male) 12.1 0.00495** 0.551 0.011* 0.539 0.0269* 0.0997 0.146
Age (+ 1 year) -0,0353 0.820 0.00159 0.843 -0.00352 0.686 0.0101 2.18E-4***
CRSwNP -6.41 0.206 -0.106 0.686 -0.540 0.0402* 0.00686 0.934
Comorbid AR -2.63 0.55 0.177 0.145 -0.103 0.675 0.0651 0.376
Comorbid adulthood onset asthma -1.65 0.760 0.544 0.0999 -0.425 0.141 0.344 3.65E-05***
Comorbid childhood onset asthma 1.20 0.801 0.146 0.550 0.0752 0.772 0.126 0.107
Comorbid COPD 13.0 0.0664 0.461 0.150 0.443 0.220 0.432 5.91E-06***
Smoker -1.35 0.810 0.0174 0.946 -0.0791 0.807 0.156 0.0663
Prior Sinus Surgery -12.4 0.00388** -0.806 9.85E-04*** -0.690 0.0023** 0.129 0.0754

Effect modification displayed for the association between the total CRS symptom score covariates and a 1-unit (1 µg/m3) increment of the pollutants

* p-value < 0.05

** p-value < 0.01

*** p-value < 0.001