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Table 4 Percentage changes in cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke, and hypertension hospital admissions associated with a 10-μg/m3 increase in NO2 on lag 0 days, with and without adjustment for co-pollutants

From: Urban–rural disparities in the association of nitrogen dioxide exposure with cardiovascular disease risk in China: effect size and economic burden

Model

Disease

Percentage change in % (95% CI)

Attributable fraction in % (95% CI)

Adjusting for PM2.5

  
 

Cardiovascular disease

2.20 (1.44, 2.96)

7.16 (4.78, 9.48)

 

Coronary heart disease

2.45 (1.21, 3.70)

8.10 (4.13, 11.89)

 

Ischemic stroke

1.79 (0.29, 3.31)

6.21 (1.04,11.10)

 

Hypertension

3.68 (1.50, 5.9)

10.82 (4.64, 16.57)

Adjusting for PM10

  
 

Cardiovascular disease

1.92 (1.27, 2.57)

6.29 (4.23, 8.29)

 

Coronary heart disease

2.25 (1.14, 3.36)

7.46 (3.90, 10.88)

 

Ischemic stroke

1.96 (0.78, 3.16)

6.80 (2.78, 10.65)

 

Hypertension

2.95 (1.02, 4.92)

8.83 (3.19, 14.11)

Adjusting for CO

  
 

Cardiovascular disease

2.20 (1.22, 3.19)

7.18 (4.08, 10.17)

 

Coronary heart disease

2.66 (1.36, 3.98)

8.77 (4.63, 12.72)

 

Ischemic stroke

1.11 (−0.61, 2.86)

3.91 (−2.25, 9.69)

 

Hypertension

4.90 (2.46, 7.40)

14.07 (7.44, 20.18)

Adjusting for O3

  
 

Cardiovascular disease

1.37 (0.86, 1.87)

4.54 (2.90, 6.14)

 

Coronary heart disease

1.41 (0.53, 2.29)

4.78 (1.85, 7.62)

 

Ischemic stroke

1.40 (0.46, 2.34)

4.90 (1.65, 8.03)

 

Hypertension

2.42 (1.05, 3.81)

7.30 (3.26, 11.17)

Adjusting for SO2

  
 

Cardiovascular disease

1.81 (1.06, 2.57)

5.95 (3.53, 8.31)

 

Coronary heart disease

1.89 (0.63, 3.16)

6.34 (2.19, 10.30)

 

Ischemic stroke

2.16 (0.77, 3.58)

7.45 (2.74, 11.93)

 

Hypertension

2.45 (0.28, 4.66)

7.40 (0.89, 13.44)

  1. Abbreviations: PM2.5 particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 μm or less, PM10 particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or less, CO carbon monoxide, O3 ozone, SO2 sulfur dioxide