Table 4

Number of cases and adjusted relative risk (95% CI) for an increase in pollution from the 10th to the 90th centile by congenital heart disease subgroup, by pollutant

No. of casesSO2NO2PM10
Anomalies of cardiac chambers4130.99 (0.81 to 1.20)1.09 (0.73 to 1.64)1.08 (0.65 to 1.80)
Transposition of great vessels2510.94 (0.71 to 1.25)1.15 (0.65 to 2.02)1.22 (0.59 to 2.49)
Malformations of cardiac septa5961.03 (0.89 to 1.19)0.94 (0.68 to 1.30)0.89 (0.59 to 1.37)
Atrioventricular septal defects1090.98 (0.68 to 1.42)0.62 (0.30 to 1.30)0.49 (0.19 to 1.27)
Tetralogy of Fallot1461.38 (1.07 to 1.79)1.44 (0.71 to 2.93)1.48 (0.57 to 3.84)
Malformations of valves8021.02 (0.90 to 1.16)0.95 (0.71 to 1.26)0.89 (0.61 to 1.30)
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome1801.07 (0.80 to 1.44)1.50 (0.77 to 2.89)1.22 (0.56 to 2.68)
Great arteries and veins5800.98 (0.83 to 1.15)0.96 (0.69 to 1.35)0.82 (0.53 to 1.27)
Coarctation of aorta1761.15 (0.90 to 1.47)1.41 (0.76 to 2.62)1.09 (0.48 to 2.46)