Table 2 Percent changes in the risk of onset of ACS and its subtypes per interquartile range increase in concentrations of PM2.5 total mass and its chemical constituents during different lag periods

From: Differential effects of fine particulate matter constituents on acute coronary syndrome onset

Pollutants

Lag

ACS

AMI

STEMI

NSTEMI

UA

PM2.5

0 d

2.00 (1.73, 2.26)

2.40 (2.06, 2.74)

2.29 (1.85, 2.73)

2.74 (2.17, 3.31)

1.36 (0.96, 1.76)

1 d

0.55 (0.29, 0.82)

0.76 (0.42, 1.10)

0.69 (0.25, 1.13)

0.93 (0.36, 1.51)

0.23 (−0.17, 0.63)

2 d

−0.06 (−0.33, 0.21)

0.20 (−0.15, 0.54)

0.26 (−0.18, 0.71)

0.10 (−0.47, 0.68)

−0.15 (−0.56, 0.27)

3 d

−0.23 (−0.49, 0.04)

0.00 (−0.34, 0.34)

−0.01 (−0.45, 0.43)

0.01 (−0.56, 0.58)

−0.01 (−0.43, 0.41)

Organic matter

0 d

2.15 (1.90, 2.41)

2.63 (2.30, 2.97)

2.42 (1.99, 2.85)

3.01 (2.45, 3.56)

1.51 (1.13, 1.90)

1 d

0.69 (0.43, 0.94)

0.93 (0.60, 1.27)

0.84 (0.41, 1.26)

1.10 (0.55, 1.65)

0.34 (−0.04, 0.73)

2 d

−0.06 (−0.31, 0.20)

0.24 (−0.10, 0.58)

0.28 (−0.15, 0.71)

0.16 (−0.38, 0.72)

−0.15 (−0.55, 0.25)

3 d

−0.21 (−0.46, 0.04)

−0.07 (−0.40, 0.26)

−0.02 (−0.44, 0.40)

−0.17 (−0.71, 0.37)

0.09 (−0.31, 0.48)

Black carbon

0 d

2.03 (1.78, 2.28)

2.45 (2.12, 2.78)

2.23 (1.81, 2.65)

2.88 (2.34, 3.43)

1.47 (1.09, 1.85)

1 d

0.63 (0.38, 0.88)

0.86 (0.53, 1.19)

0.71 (0.29, 1.13)

1.11 (0.57, 1.65)

0.32 (−0.06, 0.71)

2 d

−0.05 (−0.30, 0.20)

0.26 (−0.07, 0.60)

0.35 (−0.07, 0.77)

0.12 (−0.42, 0.66)

−0.20 (−0.59, 0.20)

3 d

0.03 (−0.22, 0.28)

−0.02 (−0.35, 0.30)

−0.02 (−0.43, 0.40)

−0.04 (−0.57, 0.50)

−0.04 (−0.43, 0.35)

Nitrate

0 d

1.54 (1.28, 1.80)

1.95 (1.61, 2.29)

1.77 (1.34, 2.21)

2.26 (1.70, 2.83)

1.00 (0.60, 1.40)

1 d

0.49 (0.22, 0.75)

0.63 (0.28, 0.97)

0.60 (0.16, 1.04)

0.67 (0.11, 1.24)

0.29 (−0.12, 0.69)

2 d

−0.13 (−0.39, 0.14)

0.16 (−0.19, 0.51)

0.13 (−0.32, 0.57)

0.22 (−0.36, 0.79)

−0.34 (−0.77, 0.09)

3 d

−0.16 (−0.42, 0.10)

0.16 (−0.19, 0.50)

0.26 (−0.17, 0.70)

−0.03 (−0.59, 0.54)

−0.15 (−0.58, 0.28)

Sulfate

0 d

1.57 (1.32, 1.81)

1.90 (1.57, 2.22)

1.71 (1.31, 2.13)

2.21 (1.68, 2.74)

1.13 (0.76, 1.51)

1 d

0.68 (0.43, 0.93)

0.83 (0.50, 1.16)

0.66 (0.24, 1.08)

1.13 (0.59, 1.67)

0.46 (0.08, 0.84)

2 d

0.03 (−0.23, 0.28)

0.27 (−0.07, 0.60)

0.29 (−0.14, 0.71)

0.23 (−0.31, 0.78)

−0.30 (−0.68, 0.09)

3 d

−0.08 (−0.33, 0.16)

0.00 (−0.33, 0.33)

−0.05 (−0.46, 0.37)

0.07 (−0.46, 0.61)

−0.19 (−0.57, 0.19)

Ammonium

0 d

1.51 (1.25, 1.77)

1.85 (1.51, 2.19)

1.68 (1.25, 2.11)

2.16 (1.60, 2.71)

1.05 (0.66, 1.44)

1 d

0.41 (0.15, 0.67)

0.55 (0.20, 0.89)

0.52 (0.08, 0.95)

0.60 (0.04, 1.17)

0.21 (−0.19, 0.61)

2 d

0.00 (−0.28, 0.28)

0.11 (−0.23, 0.46)

0.11 (−0.33, 0.55)

0.12 (−0.45, 0.69)

−0.38 (−0.77, 0.01)

3 d

−0.18 (−0.44, 0.08)

0.05 (−0.29, 0.40)

0.10 (−0.33, 0.53)

−0.03 (−0.59, 0.53)

−0.04 (−0.47, 0.38)

  1. ACS acute coronary syndrome, AMI acute myocardial infarction, STEMI ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, UA unstable angina, PM2.5 fine particulate matter.