Table 3

 Risk excess for house calls for asthma, upper and lower respiratory diseases following a 10 μg/m3 increase in NO2, PM2.5 and PM10 levels (lag 0–3)

Risk excess (%)URD (95% CI)LRD (95% CI)Asthma (95% CI)
NO2, nitrogen dioxide; LRD, lower respiratory disease; URD, upper respiratory disease.
NO2 (µg/m3)0.7 (−0.9 to 2.3)1.1 (−0.7 to 2.9)−0.3 (−3.3 to 2.7)
PM25. (µg/m3)6.0 (3.1 to 9.1)5.8 (2.8 to 8.9)4.4 (−1.3 to 10.4)
PM10 (µg/m3)2.9 (0.8 to 5.1)3.1 (0.9 to 5.4)2.5 (−1.7 to 6.8)