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Table 2 Association between long-term exposure to PM10, PM2.5 and NO2 and cause-specific mortality in the city of Ancona during 2013–2017 period using different levels of adjustment

From: Long-term effects of air pollutants on respiratory and cardiovascular mortality in a port city along the Adriatic sea

Mortality

 

Model 1a

Model 2a

Model 3a

Pollutant

%change

95%CI

%change

95%CI

%change

95%CI

Natural (5,584)

PM10

13

4.6

22.6

2.3

-0.8

5.6

1.9

-1.2

5.2

PM2.5

17.5

5.9

31.5

3.1

-1.1

7.5

2.5

-1.6

6.9

NO2

15.6

4.5

28

3.9

-0.5

8.6

3.1

-1.3

7.7

Cardiovascular (2,051)

PM10

18.8

7

32.9

4.9

-0.3

10.7

4.8

-0.5

10.6

PM2.5

25.9

9.2

47.2

6.8

-0.3

14.9

6.5

-0.6

14.6

NO2

23.2

7.8

40.8

8.1

0.6

16.2

7.6

0.1

15.6

Respiratory (395)

PM10

10

-7.8

35.3

-0.5

-9.2

10.1

-1

-9.7

9.5

PM2.5

13.6

-10.1

51.5

-0.3

-11.6

14.2

-1.3

-12.4

13.2

NO2

14.5

-10.9

47.2

2.8

-10.4

18

0.9

-12.2

16

Cancer (1,594)

PM10

6.2

-2.4

16.4

0.2

-4.9

5.8

-0.3

-5.3

5.3

PM2.5

8.1

-3.3

22.5

0.2

-6.3

7.8

-0.4

-6.9

7

NO2

6.7

-5.2

20.1

0.2

-7

8.1

-0.4

-7.6

7.4

Lung cancer (278)

PM10

17.1

-2.5

44.7

13.8

1.3

29.4

11.9

-0.2

26.9

PM2.5

22.8

-3.9

65

18.3

1.1

41.2

15.3

-1.1

37.2

NO2

16.5

-9

49.1

13.8

-2.7

33.1

11.1

-5

29.9

  1. The results are expressed as percent change of risk and relative 95% confidence interval (95%CI) per 5 mg/m3 increases in the pollutants
  2. Footnotes: NO2 nitrogen dioxide, PM particulate matter
  3. aModel 1: crude Association with no adjustment; Model 2: adjustment for age and sex; Model 3: model 2 + socioeconomic position indicator