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Table 3 Associations of 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 and PM10 with YLL and ER of deaths from COPD

From: The short term burden of ambient fine particulate matter on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Ningbo, China

Pollutants and model

Years of life lost (95% CI)

Percentage increase in death (95% CI)

PM2.5 (Single model)

 Total

0.91(0.16, 1.66)

1.32(0.52,2.12)

 Low concentration level

1.44(0.57, 2.32)

1.87(0.91, 2.83)

 High concentration level

0.32(−0.59, 1.23)

0.84(−0.10, 1.79)

PM2.5 + SO2

 Total

1.28(0.46,2.11)

1.61(0.74,2.48)

 Low concentration level

1.97(1.00, 2.93)

2.31(1.26, 3.37)

 High concentration level

0.65(−0.30, 1.60)

1.12(0.14, 2.11)

PM2.5 + NO2

 Total

1.07(0.22,1.91)

1.53(0.64,2.42)

 Low concentration level

1.45(0.45, 2.44)

1.98(0.97, 3.03)

 High concentration level

0.39(−0.59, 1.36)

0.99(−0.05, 1.97)

PM10 (Single model)

 Total

0.81(0.30,1.33)

1.07(0.51,1.63)

 Low concentration level

1.09(0.52, 1.66)

1.34(0.71,1.98)

 High concentration level

0.35(−0.31, 1.01)

0.72(0.03, 1.41)

PM10 + SO2

 Total

1.08(0.51,1.65)

1.28(0.66,1.89)

 Low concentration level

1.41(0.79, 2.04)

1.60(0.91, 2.29)

 High concentration level

0.59(−0.09, 1.28)

0.91(0.19, 1.63)

PM10 + NO2

 Total

0.96(0.38,1.55)

1.26(0.63,1.89)

 Low concentration level

1.18(0.53, 1.83)

1.51(0.82, 2.17)

 High concentration level

0.46(−0.25, 1.17)

0.85(1.01, 1.63)

  1. Associations in all concentrations and in low and high concentrations levels were both presented at lag04 (moving average concentrations from day 0 to day4). Single and two pollutants models were used. Data were collected from Ningbo, China, 2011–2015