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Table 3 Excess risks and 95% confidence intervals of emergency ambulance dispatches associated with each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5, PM2.5–10, and PM10 at lag03, stratified by gender, age and season*

From: Relationship between different particle size fractions and all-cause and cause-specific emergency ambulance dispatches

Pollutants

Stratum

All-cause

Cardiovascular

Respiratory

PM2.5

 

Gender

 

 Male

1.01 (0.56, 1.46)

0.38 (−0.78, 1.55)

0.80 (−0.67, 2.29)

 

 Female

0.54 (0.08, 0.99)

0.48 (−0.49, 1.45)

1.03 (−0.14, 2.22)

 

Age

 

  < 65

0.63 (0.14, 1.13)

0.37 (−0.71, 1.47)

−0.67 (−2.18, 0.86)

 

  ≥ 65

1.06 (0.61, 1.51)

0.99 (0.02, 1.97)

1.81 (0.73, 2.89)

 

Season

 

 Warm

0.84 (0.31, 1.37)

0.74 (−0.62, 2.12)

1.93 (0.25, 3.64)

 

 Cold

1.02 (0.65, 1.39)

1.06 (0.17, 1.95)

2.05 (0.93, 3.17)

PM2.5–10

 

Sex

 

 Male

1.79 (0.88, 2.71)

1.24 (−0.68, 3.20)

1.93 (− 0.43, 4.34)

 

 Female

1.45 (0.54, 2.38)

2.15 (−0.18, 4.53)

2.72 (−0.24, 5.76)

 

Age

 

  < 65

0.54 (−0.45, 1.54)

2.03 (0.10, 4.01)

−0.42 (−3.42, 2.66)

 

  ≥ 65

2.62 (1.72, 3.54)

2.32 (0.14, 4.55)

3.52 (1.34, 5.74)

 

Season

 

 Warm

2.77 (1.41, 4.15)

5.60 (2.08, 9.23)

4.36 (2.15, 6.61)

 

 Cold

1.84 (1.11, 2.59)

1.58 (−0.15, 3.33)

3.82 (− 0.51, 8.34)

PM10

 

Sex

 

 Male

0.73 (0.41, 1.05)

0.40 (−0.29, 1.08)

0.74 (−0.30, 1.79)

 

 Female

0.45 (0.13, 0.77)

0.46 (−0.36, 1.28)

0.76 (−0.07, 1.59)

 

Age

 

  < 65

0.38 (0.03, 0.74)

0.48 (−0.29, 1.25)

−0.39 (−1.46, 0.69)

 

  ≥ 65

0.86 (0.54, 1.18)

0.75 (0.06, 1.44)

1.34 (0.58, 2.10)

 

Seasona

 

 Warm

0.76 (0.35, 1.17)

0.95 (−0.10, 2.01)

1.53 (0.76, 2.31)

 

 Cold

0.72 (0.46, 0.98)

0.71 (0.10, 1.32)

1.50 (0.20, 2.82)

  1. *Data in bold indicated that the differences between the effect estimates of the strata were statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. a Warm season was defined as April to September, and cold season was October to March