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Table 4 Adjusteda hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for cancer mortality associated with air pollution in multi-pollutant models from 1000 bootstrap replicates

From: Air pollution and survival in patients with malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer: a follow-up study of 1591 patients in South Korea

Air pollutants

Beta

Effect of mixtures

ln HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

Malignant mesothelioma

   

SO2

0.308

0.687 (0.484, 0.890)

1.99 (1.62, 2.44)

CO

0.041

  

NO2

−0.219

  

PM10

0.304

  

PM2.5

0.253

  

Lung cancer

   

SO2

0.168

0.628 (0.423, 0.833)

1.87 (1.53, 2.30)

CO

0.053

  

NO2

0.042

  

PM10

0.192

  

PM2.5

0.173

  
  1. aModels were adjusted for age at diagnosis, sex, smoking status, cancer cell type, type of treatment, asbestos exposure modalities, and month of diagnosis.
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