Table 4 Percent increase and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of daily numbers of admissions (including deaths) due to respiratory emergency visits associated with 10 μg/m3 increase in PM10 levels and occurrence of desert dust event
From: Desert dust outbreaks and respiratory morbidity in Athens, Greece
Admissions | Individually in the model | Mutually Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PM10 (per 10 μg/m3) | Dust Day (Yes vs No) | PM10 (per 10 μg/m3) | Dust Day (Yes vs No) | |||||
% (95% CI) | P-value | % (95% CI) | P-value | % (95% CI) | P-value | % (95% CI) | P-value | |
All respiratory | 1.60 (−0.69,3.95) | 0.17 | 40.68 (20.23,64.61) | < 0.001 | 0.70 (−1.57,3.03) | 0.55 | 39.44 (18.82,63.64) | < 0.001 |
Male | 1.92 (−0.58,4.47) | 0.14 | 41.71 (19.09,68.63) | <0.001 | 1.04 (−1.46,3.59) | 0.42 | 39.9 (17.22,66.98) | <0.001 |
Female | 1.26 (−1.33,3.93) | 0.34 | 38.52 (16.03,65.37) | <0.001 | 0.36 (−2.23,3.01) | 0.79 | 37.87 (15.05,65.21) | <0.001 |
18 - 64 years | 1.63 (−1.3,4.65) | 0.28 | 41.1 (15.57,72.27) | 0.001 | 0.70 (−2.25,3.73) | 0.65 | 39.87 (14.13,71.43) | <0.001 |
> 65 years | 1.59 (−0.75,3.99) | 0.19 | 40.39 (19.35,65.14) | <0.001 | 0.71 (−1.62,3.09) | 0.55 | 39.13 (17.92,64.17) | <0.001 |