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Table 2 Risk of an incident cardiovascular event associated with each air pollutant

From: High-resolution mapping of traffic related air pollution with Google street view cars and incidence of cardiovascular events within neighborhoods in Oakland, CA

Outcome

Events

Hazard Ratio (95% CI)a

NO2

NO

Black carbon

First cardiovascular event

 Cardiovascular event or deathb

693

1.03 (0.94, 1.12)

1.03 (0.95, 1.12)

0.99 (0.92, 1.07)

 Myocardial infarction

224

1.08 (0.93, 1.26)

1.08 (0.95, 1.23)

1.05 (0.91, 1.20)

 Revascularization

130

0.99 (0.81, 1.22)

1.01 (0.84, 1.21)

1.03 (0.86, 1.23)

 Stroke

325

0.97 (0.85, 1.11)

0.98 (0.87, 1.11)

0.96 (0.85, 1.08)

 Coronary heart disease event or deathc

394

1.05 (0.94, 1.18)

1.06 (0.95, 1.17)

1.05 (0.95, 1.16)

 Cerebrovascular disease event or deathd

337

0.99 (0.87, 1.12)

0.99 (0.88, 1.12)

0.95 (0.85, 1.07)

Cardiovascular death

 Coronary heart disease death

130

1.09 (0.89, 1.34)

1.05 (0.88, 1.25)

1.12 (0.94, 1.33)

 Cerebrovascular disease death

27

1.38 (0.93, 2.06)

1.13 (0.86, 1.49)

0.92 (0.58, 1.45)

  1. All models were adjusted for age, race, sex, BMI, NDI, smoking, baseline co-morbidities, medications
  2. aEstimated hazard ratios per increase of one standard deviation in the median long-term exposure to each traffic-related air pollutant
  3. bEvents include myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, stroke, death from coronary heart disease, and death from cerebrovascular disease
  4. cEvents include myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, and death from coronary heart disease
  5. dEvents include stroke and death from cerebrovascular disease