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Table 3 Associations between heavy metals concentration and mortality in the cohort of residents in the area of Coriano (Italy) by cause of death (ICD-9) and gender.

From: Mortality and morbidity among people living close to incinerators: a cohort study based on dispersion modeling for exposure assessment

 

Heavy metals†

Men

Women

Cause (ICD-9)

 

obs§

RR§§

95% CI

obs§

RR§§

95% CI

All causes (0-999)

I

549

1.00

-

-

495

1.00

-

-

 

II

503

1.14*

1.00

1.29

514

1.19*

1.09

1.30

 

III

502

1.05

0.92

1.19

460

1.09*

1.00

1.20

 

IV

199

1.01

0.86

1.20

185

1.12*

1.00

1.27

Cardiovascular diseases (390-459)

I

215

1.00

-

-

195

1.00

-

-

 

II

183

1.01

0.82

1.24

235

1.39*

1.14

1.70

 

III

191

1.06

0.86

1.29

194

1.21

0.98

1.49

 

IV

72

0.98

0.75

1.29

78

1.32

1.00

1.72

Ischaemic heart diseases (410-414)

I

101

1.00

-

-

73

1.00

-

-

 

II

77

0.83

0.61

1.14

81

1.26

0.90

1.76

 

III

77

0.93

0.68

1.26

75

1.24

0.88

1.73

 

IV

27

0.79

0.51

1.22

25

1.14

0.72

1.82

Respiratory diseases (460-519 )

I

19

1.00

-

-

26

1.00

-

-

 

II

31

2.07*

1.14

3.77

26

1.18

0.67

2.11

 

III

23

1.35

0.72

2.53

19

0.92

0.50

1.70

 

IV

7

1.01

0.42

2.45

4

0.53

0.18

1.56

Chronic pulmonary -

I

15

1.00

-

-

13

1.00

-

-

diseases (490496)

II

16

1.40

0.67

2.95

12

1.09

0.47

2.52

 

III

14

0.99

0.47

2.12

10

0.93

0.40

2.19

 

IV

3

0.53

0.15

1.86

1

0.27

0.03

2.06

  1. * p-value < 0.05; † Categories of heavy metals: I (reference) <0.5 ng/m3; II 0.5-1 ng/m3; III 1-2 ng/m3; IV >2 ng/m3; § Observed cases; §§ Rate Ratios vs reference category, adjusted by age and socioeconomic status. Period: 1990-2003.