Table 3 Percent increase and 95% confidence interval (in parentheses) of daily respiratory emergency room visits associated with 10 μg/m³ increase in PM₁₀ levels and occurrence of desert dust event

1.95 (0.02,3.91)

0.05

47.09 (28.65,68.19)

< 0.001

0.99 (−0.88, 2.89)

0.30

45.25 (26.75,66.45)

< 0.001

2.17 (0.18,4.2)

0.03

45.91 (26.7,68.03)

<0.001

1.25 (−0.7,3.24)

0.21

43.60 (24.42,65.73)

<0.001

1.81 (−0.26,3.93)

0.09

45.81 (26.38,68.24)

<0.001

0.86 (−1.16,2.91)

0.41

44.22 (24.66,66.86)

<0.001

1.86 (−0.16,3.92)

0.07

49.09 (29.64,71.45)

<0.001

0.88 (−1.08,2.88)

0.38

47.46 (27.93,69.99)

<0.001

2.07 (−0.01,4.19)

0.05

44.34 (24.65,67.13)

<0.001

1.14 (−0.89,3.22)

0.27

42.17 (22.46,65.07)

<0.001

1.98 (−0.41,4.42)

0.11

38.37 (16.84,63.85)

<0.001

1.17 (−1.21,3.61)

0.34

36.33 (14.79,61.91)

<0.001

3.21 (0.9,5.58)

0.007

57.14 (33.22,85.35)

<0.001

2.11 (−0.15,4.42)

0.07

52.91 (29.35,80.75)

<0.001

1.17 (−1.32,3.71)

0.36

60.43 (35.37,90.13)

<0.001

−0.03 (−2.45,2.45)

0.98

60.49 (35.02,90.77)

<0.001