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Table 2 Mixed model analyses of the direct effects between air lead and assault rates for all six suburbs with time lags between 15 and 24 years

From: The relationship between atmospheric lead emissions and aggressive crime: an ecological study

Time Lag (number of cases with complete information)

F

df

p

Fixed effects (SE)

ω2 (%)

15 years (n = 87)

.857

86.940

.357

30.50 (32.951)

0.46

16 years (n = 90)

.045

89.434

.832

6.20 (29.191)

−0.09

17 years (n = 93)

6.534

92.673

.012

72.23 (28.256)

5.54

18 years (n = 96)

14.021

95.874

.000

104.87 (28.007)

11.66

19 years (n = 97)

29.922

96.784

.000

145.61 (26.619)

22.88

20 years (n = 98)

34.989

97.895

.000

159.66 (26.993)

25.60

21 years (n = 98)

61.285

97.761

.000

196.05 (25.044)

38.38

22 years (n = 98)

41.507

97.864

.000

180.09 (27.954)

28.70

23 years (n = 94)

7.064

93.865

.009

85.75 (32.264)

5.13

24 years (n = 89)

9.613

88.995

.003

99.22 (32.003)

7.72

  1. F F-test, df degrees of freedom, p p-value, Fixed effects the estimated change in assaults per 100,000 population for a 1 μg/m3 increase in lead in air, SE standard error, ω 2 an estimate of the amount of variance accounted for by lead in air