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Table 2 Rate ratios for respiratory diseases associated with each interquartile range increase in PM2.5 concentration in different age group in Lima province, Peru, 2011–2015a

From: Association of PM2.5 concentration with health center outpatient visits for respiratory diseases of children under 5 years old in Lima, Peru

Health center outpatients visits

n

RR

IC 95%

p-value

All ALRI < 5 yr

2654.699

1.06

1.04

1.07

< 0.001

ALRI < 2 mths

136.173

1.06

1.04

1.09

0.01

ALRI 2 mths- < 1 yr

780.733

1.06

1.04

1.07

0.00

ALRI 1- < 5 years

1737.79

1.06

1.05

1.08

< 0.001

All Pneu < 5 yr

18.667

1.17

1.11

1.23

< 0.001

PNEU 2-11 mths

6.444

1.19

1.10

1.28

0.02

PNEU 1- < 5 years

12.223

1.16

1.09

1.22

< 0.001

All Asthma < 5 yr

426.072

1.10

1.08

1.12

< 0.001

Acute bronchiolitis/ Asthma < 2 years

242.657

1.10

1.08

1.13

< 0.001

Acute bronchiolitis/ Asthma 2- < 5 years

183.415

1.11

1.08

1.13

< 0.001

  1. aALRI acute lower respiratory infections, PNEU pneumonia, RR rate ratio, CI confidence interval. Negative binomial Model adjusted by temperature, relative humidity, season, year and districts. Average district-level PM2.5 during the same week (lag 0) was used as exposure
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