Table 3 Geometric means (95%CI) of air pollutant concentrations in different seasons.

From: The impacts of air pollution on maternal stress during pregnancy

Air pollutants

Lag days

Cool season (n = 476)

Warm season (n = 1455)

P-value a

SO2

Lag 0

22.19 (21.29, 23.14)

21.34 (20.87, 21.82)

0.141

Lag 0–2

24.23 (23.55, 24.93)

21.40 (21.01, 21.79)

0.081

Lag 0–5

25.41 (24.66, 26.19)

20.97 (20.63, 21.31)

0.002

Lag 0–7

25.32 (24.64, 26.02)

21.24 (20.91, 21.57)

<0.001

Lag 0–14

25.62 (25.02, 26.23)

21.83 (21.54, 22.12)

<0.001

NO2

Lag 0

22.15 (21.32, 23.01)

21.20 (20.79, 21.62)

<0.001

Lag 0–2

24.57 (23.90, 25.27)

21.40 (21.05, 21.76)

<0.001

Lag 0–5

24.67 (24.08, 25.28)

20.96 (20.66, 21.28)

<0.001

Lag 0–7

24.06 (23.56, 24.57)

21.07 (20.76, 21.39)

<0.001

Lag 0–14

23.77 (23.36, 24.19)

21.14 (20.87, 21.41)

<0.001

PM10

Lag 0

67.29 (63.37, 71.46)

60.30 (58.55, 62.10)

<0.001

Lag 0–2

70.45 (66.62, 74.51)

61.61 (60.34, 62.91)

<0.001

Lag 0–5

67.04 (64.16, 70.05)

59.73 (58.63, 60.85)

<0.001

Lag 0–7

69.22 (66.41, 72.15)

61.38 (60.33, 62.44)

<0.001

Lag 0–14

71.97 (69.18, 74.87)

63.72 (62.79, 64.67)

<0.001

  1. aANOVA was used to examine the difference of the means (log transformation) of air pollution concentrations between the cool season and the warm season.