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Table 3 Percent change (95% CI) in children hospital outpatients caused by respiratory diseases per 10 μg/m3 increase in concentrations of five air pollutants stratified by season and age in Shijiazhuang, China, 2013–2015

From: Acute effects of ambient air pollution on outpatient children with respiratory diseases in Shijiazhuang, China

 

Season

Age

Cool season

Hot season

Transition season

0–3

4–6

7–14

NO2

0.17(− 0.44, 0.78)b

0.71(− 0.65, 2.06)

1.47 (0.69, 2.25) b

0.22(− 0.14, 0.59)d,e

1.59 (0.86, 2.31) d

2.39 (1.38, 3.39) e

O3

− 3.47(−4.38, −2.55)a,b

0.26(− 0.16, 0.67)a

0.54 (0, 1.07) b

0.05(− 0.27, 0.37)d

0.78 (0.16, 1.40) d

0.11(− 0.75, 0.98)

PM10

0.02(− 0.09, 0.14)b

−0.08(− 0.36, 0.2)c

0.24 (0.09, 0.39) b,c

−0.03(− 0.10, 0.04)d,e

0.19 (0.05, 0.34) d

0.27 (0.07, 0.47) e

PM2.5

0.16(−0.01, 0.33)

−0.1(− 0.54, 0.35)

0.32 (0.02, 0.62)

0.06(− 0.05, 0.17)

0.30 (0.08, 0.53)

0.38 (0.07, 0.68)

SO2

−0.05(− 0.39, 0.29)a,b

2.09 (0.99, 3.2) a

1.05 (0.42, 1.68) b

0.26 (0.03, 0.49)

0.38(−0.08, 0.84)

0.83 (0.19, 1.47)

  1. We used current day temperature and humidity (lag0) and 2-day moving average of air pollutant concentrations (lag01). Significant statistical estimates are highlighted in bold
  2. aThe difference between cool season and hot season was significant at α = 0.05. bThe difference between cool season and transition season was significant at α = 0.05. cThe difference between hot season and transition season was significant at α = 0.05. dThe difference between 0 and 3 years of age and 4–6 years of age was significant at α = 0.05. eThe difference between 0 and 3 years of age and 7–14 years of age was significant at α = 0.05. f The difference between 4 and 6 years of age and 7–14 years of age was significant at α = 0.05