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Table 4 Effect of 10% increase in pollutant concentration on asthma outpatient visits (%)

From: Spatiotemporal analysis of air pollution and asthma patient visits in Taipei, Taiwan

 

0-day lag

1-day lag

2-day lags

Mode 1

         

Pollutants

Mean

95% LCI

95% UCI

Mean

95% LCI

95%UCI

Mean

95% LCI

95%UCI

PM10

0.34*

0.22

0.46

0.14*

0.02

0.26

0.19*

0.11

0.27

SO2

0.44*

0.31

0.57

0.25*

0.16

0.35

0.13*

0.02

0.24

O3

0.08*

0.03

0.14

0.13*

0.09

0.18

0.11*

0.05

0.16

NO2

0.65*

0.48

0.83

0.24*

0.06

0.42

0.11

-0.08

0.29

Model 2

         

PM10

0.20*

0.01

0.39

-0.05

-0.18

0.09

0.14*

0.01

0.28

SO2

0.27*

0.12

0.41

0.19*

0.05

0.32

0.03

-0.12

0.18

O3

-0.13*

-0.24

-0.01

0.06

-0.01

0.12

0.07*

0.00

0.15

NO2

0.30*

0.16

0.45

-0.03

-0.30

0.25

0.00

-0.25

0.24

  1. ◎ Model 1: Single pollutant model.
  2. Model 2: Four pollutants model.
  3. *Statistically significant.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X