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Table 2 The pooled odds ratios (ORs) of fetal death for 5 µg/m3 increment in PM2.5 with 95% confidence intervals (CI), by specific subgroups of gestational age (GA). The GA-specific ORs are estimated by meta-analysis to pool results from double robust models together, for all possible GA-specific exposure-outcome pairs

From: Gestational age modifies the association between exposure to fine particles and fetal death: findings from a nationwide epidemiological study in the contiguous United States

PM2.5 exposure by GA

ORs of outcomes by GA (95% CI)

Early fetal death

(20–27 weeks)

Late fetal death

(28–36 weeks)

Term fetal death

(37–43 weeks)

All fetal death

(20–43 weeks)

First trimester

(1st − 3rd month)

1.098

(1.061, 1.137)

1.037

(1.004, 1.071)

1.048

(1.008, 1.089)

1.060

(1.039, 1.082)

Second trimester

(4th − 7th month)

–

1.059

(1.024, 1.095)

1.015

(0.974, 1.056)

1.041

(1.014, 1.068)

Third trimester

(> 7th month)

–

–

1.043

(1.005, 1.082)

1.043

(1.005, 1.082)

Entire gestation

1.110

(1.059, 1.164)

1.052

(1.004, 1.101)

1.083

(1.025, 1.145)

1.081

(1.051, 1.112)