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Table 5 Effect of 10% increase in pollutant concentration on asthma emergency visits (%)

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

 

0-day lag

1-day lag

2-day lags

Model 1

         

Pollutants

Mean

95% LCI

95% UCI

Mean

95% LCI

95%UCI

Mean

95% LCI

95%UCI

PM10

0.03

-0.24

0.29

0.15

-0.16

0.46

0.43*

0.22

0.65

SO2

-0.06

-0.27

0.14

-0.01

-0.20

0.19

0.17*

0.02

0.33

O3

-0.06

-0.24

0.13

0.00

-0.09

0.09

0.05

-0.07

0.17

NO2

-0.09

-0.47

0.28

0.16

-0.10

0.42

-0.05

-0.37

0.27

Model 2

         

PM10

0.14

-0.17

0.44

0.16

-0.21

0.52

0.53*

0.27

0.79

SO2

-0.02

-0.26

0.21

-0.06

-0.28

0.17

0.10

-0.14

0.34

O3

-0.08

-0.25

0.09

-0.12

-0.19

-0.05

-0.04

-0.25

0.16

NO2

-0.15

-0.43

0.13

0.10

-0.19

0.38

-0.43

-0.86

0.00

  1. Model 1: Single pollutant model.
  2. Model 2: Four pollutants model.
  3. *Statistically significant.