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Table 5 Effect of proximity and modelled NO2 on cross-sectional FEV1 and longitudinal change in FEV1

From: Effect of traffic pollution on respiratory and allergic disease in adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

 

Mean (unadjusted)

SD

β*

95% CI

p-value

Cross-sectional

     

Distance(N = 2599)

     

≤150 m

3202.6

898.7

5.73

-42.80 to 54.27

0.82

>150 m

3178.5

924.1

0

  

Bands of distance (N = 580)

     

   <50 m

3143.4

925.2

38.30

-63.60 to 140.21

0.47

   50 – 100 m

3230.8

886.0

-10.65

-104.77 to 83.48

 

   100 – 150 m

3220.1

892.9

0

  

Quintile of NO 2 (N = 2599)

     

   <33.92

3218.0

905.5

0

 

0.35

   33.92 – 34.23

3163.6

940.1

-20.20

-85.00 to 44.59

 

   34.23 – 34.73

3147.0

927.5

-4.72

-69.41 to 59.96

 

   34.73 – 36.79

3213.5

937.9

9.79

-54.69 to 74.27

 

   >36.79

3177.2

880.9

18.12

-45.01 to 81.25

 

Longitudinal

Mean change (unadjusted)

SD

β**

95% CI

p-value

Distance(N = 1329)

     

≤150 m

-30.6

340.0

10.03

-33.98 to 54.04

0.65

>150 m

-36.5

334.0

0

  

Bands of distance (N = 295)

     

   <50 m

-13.8

334.0

46.08

-53.31 to 145.46

0.35

   50 – 100 m

-19.2

361.6

47.25

-47.43 to 141.93

 

   100 – 150 m

-59.1

320.7

0

  

Quintiles of NO 2 (N = 1329)

     

   <33.92

-15.3

333.9

0

 

0.59

   33.92 – 34.23

-24.5

334.3

-18.87

-76.85 to 39.11

 

   34.23 – 34.73

-41.8

329.1

-27.62

-85.68 to 30.45

 

   34.73 – 36.79

-57.6

327.1

-37.52

-96.16 to 21.12

 

   >36.79

-39.0

352.4

-21.58

-79.24 to 36.08

 
  1. SD standard deviation; β adjusted regression coefficient; CI confidence interval; NO2 nitrogen dioxide.
  2. * β coefficient for cross-sectional FEV1 adjusted for sex, age, age squared, height, age-height interaction, smoking status, cigarette pack-years and Carstairs deprivation score, as recorded at baseline
  3. ** β coefficient for longitudinal change in FEV1 residuals adjusted for smoking status and cigarette pack years in 2000 and Carstairs deprivation score as recorded at baseline
  4. † p-value for trend across quintiles of modelled NO2 and across bands of distance effects
  5. ‡ Change in lung function between 1991 and 2000