Fig. 2: Estimated effect of %increase for AMI incidence in individual PM2.5 components for an IQR increase.
From: Components of particulate matter as potential risk factors for acute myocardial infarction
The relationship between each PM2.5 component (OBC, WSOC, NO3- and SO42-) and AMI hospitalisation for lag 1, lag 2, lag 3, lag 0–1, lag 0–2, and lag 0–3 after adjustment for ambient temperature, relative humidity, and incidence of the influenza epidemic was examined. Compared with WSOC, NO3-, and SO42-, OBC at lag 0–1 was strongly associated with AMI hospitalisation, even after adjustment for ambient temperature, relative humidity, and influenza epidemics. The error bars in the forest plot show the 95% confidence intervals for n = 44,232.
