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Table 2 Percent change in the number of Psychiatric Emergency Visits (PEVs) with their 95% Confidence Intervals for an increase of 10 μg/m3 in lag 0 in the air pollutant for Single-pollutant, two-pollutant, and Multi-pollutant models

From: The association between daily concentrations of air pollution and visits to a psychiatric emergency unit: a case-crossover study

 

Model

PM10

NO2

O3

Change PEVs (%) (95% CI)

Change PEVs (%) (95% CI)

Change PEVs (%) (95% CI)

Single Pollutant

Crudea

2.1 (0.2–4.1)

0.3 (−0.9–1.4)

0.2 (−0.6–0.9)

Single Pollutant

Adjustedb

2.3 (0.3–4.3)

0.3 (−0.8–1.5)

0.1 (−0.6–0.9)

Two-pollutants

 PM10 + NO2

Crude

2.0 (0.0–4.0)

0.5 (−0.8–1.7)

 

 PM10 + NO2

Adjusted

2.2 (0.2–4.3)

0.5 (−0.8–1.7)

 

 PM10 + O3

Crude

1.7 (−0.4–3.9)

 

0.3 (−0.5–1.1)

 PM10 + O3

Adjusted

1.9 (−0.03–4.1)

 

0.3 (−0.5–1.2)

 NO2 + O3

Crude

 

0.8 (−0.7–2.3)

0.4 (−0.5–1.4)

 NO2 + O3

Adjusted

 

0.8 (−0.7–2.4)

0.4 (−0.5–1.4)

Three-pollutants

 PM10 + NO2 + O3

Crude

1.4 (−0.8–3.7)

1.2 (−0.4–2.9)

0.7 (−0.3–1.8)

 PM10 + NO2 + O3

Adjusted

1.6 (−0.1–3.9)

1.2 (−0.5–2.9)

0.7 (−0.4–1.8)

  1. aModel with only air pollutants
  2. bAdjusted = Model adjusting for daily mean temperature (continuous) and public Swedish holiday (Yes/No)