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Table 6 Results of adjusted Generalized Additive Model, about the effect of air pollutants on respiratory deaths in peoples under 18 years old (for 1 unit increase in CO and 10 units increase in all other pollutants)

From: The relation between air pollution and respiratory deaths in Tehran, Iran- using generalized additive models

 

Lag

df

RR

95% CI for RR

P- Value

Lag 0

O3 (ppb)

2.01

0.93

0.86–1.01

0.073

CO (ppm)

1.54

0.94

0.86–1.02

0.134

NO2 (ppb)

1

1.01

0.97–1.08

0.826

SO2 (ppb)

3.24

0.97

0.86–1.05

0.286

PM10 (μg/m3)

3.48

1.01

0.98–1.05

0.353

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

6.71

0.99

0.88–1.16

0.981

Lag 1

O3 (ppb)

2.61

0.95

0.87–1.02

0.153

CO (ppm)

1.79

0.92

0.84–1.00

0.060

NO2 (ppb)

3.79

0.98

0.91–1.06

0.647

SO2 (ppb)

4.71

0.95

0.85–1.05

0.281

PM10 (μg/m3)

5.02

0.99

0.96–1.03

0.864

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

2.46

1.00

0.88–1.13

0.95

Lag 2

O3 (ppb)

4.52

0.95

0.88–1.03

0.246

CO (ppm)

3.84

0.89

0.82–0.98

0.017

NO2 (ppb)

1

0.98

0.91–1.05

0.559

SO2 (ppb)

4.5

1.01

0.91–1.11

0.918

PM10 (μg/m3)

5.03

0.99

0.97–1.03

0.894

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

1

1.02

0.91–1.15

0.688

Lag 3

O3 (ppb)

2.38

0.94

0.87–1.01

0.107

CO (ppm)

1

0.87

0.80–0.95

0.002

NO2 (ppb)

5.41

0.99

0.93–1.07

0.901

SO2 (ppb)

8.25

0.99

0.89–1.09

0.899

PM10 (μg/m3)

2.75

1.00

0.97–1.03

0.973

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

6.15

1.03

0.91–1.16

0.647

Mean Lag 4–8

O3 (ppb)

3.28

0.93

0.86–1.01

0.078

CO (ppm)

1

0.91

0.83–0.99

0.034

NO2 (ppb)

1.33

1.04

0.96–1.11

0.344

SO2 (ppb)

5.14

0.94

0.85–1.07

0.272

PM10 (μg/m3)

2.7

1.00

0.97–1.03

0.961

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

1

1.04

0.92–1.17

0.523