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Table 3 Associations of PM10, NO2, and SO2 with Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability per Interquartile-Range Increase in Air Pollutant Concentration Using Linear Mixed Models, Korean Elderly Environmental Panel Study, 2008–2010

From: Associations of air pollution exposure with blood pressure and heart rate variability are modified by oxidative stress genes: A repeated-measures panel among elderly urban residents

 

PM10

NO2

SO2

 

No. of Obs.

Estimate

95 % CI

No. of Obs.

Estimate

95 % CI

No. of Obs.

Estimate

95 % CI

SBP

1719

0.93

0.23, 1.63

1719

0.96

0.18, 1.74

1719

1.60

0.79, 2.42

DBP

1719

0.62

0.20, 1.03

1719

0.77

0.31, 1.24

1719

0.74

0.26, 1.23

MAP

1719

0.71

0.22, 1.19

1719

0.82

0.28, 1.36

1719

1.02

0.46, 1.58

SDNN

1719

-0.01

-0.03, 0.02

1719

-0.02

-0.05, 0.01

1719

0.01

-0.02, 0.03

RMSSD

1718

-0.01

-0.04, 0.02

1718

-0.02

-0.05, 0.02

1718

0.01

-0.02, 0.05

LF

1719

0.004

-0.06, 0.06

1719

-0.02

-0.10, 0.05

1719

0.04

-0.02, 0.11

HF

1719

-0.03

-0.09, 0.03

1719

-0.05

-0.13, 0.02

1719

-0.004

-0.07, 0.06

  1. CI confidence interval, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HF high frequency power for frequency domain, LF low frequency power for frequency domain, MAP mean arterial pressure, No. of Obs. number of observations used in the analysis, NO 2 nitrogen dioxide, PM 10 particulate matter ≤10 μm, RMSSD root mean square of successive differences for time domain, SBP systolic blood pressure, SDNN standard deviations of normal-to-normal intervals for time domain, SO 2 sulfur dioxide