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Table 4 ORs (95% CIs) for Incident ED per IQR Increment of O3 and NO2 a

From: Erectile dysfunction and exposure to ambient air pollution in a nationally representative cohort of older men

 

Moving Averages

1 year

2 year

3 year

4 year

5 year

6 year

7 year

O3 b (n = 375)

1.27 (0.89, 1.82)

1.29 (0.93, 1.79)

1.19 (0.86, 1.64)

1.20 (0.88, 1.65)

1.17 (0.87, 1.57)

1.24 (0.92, 1.68)

1.24 (0.92, 1.66)

NO2 c (n = 265)

1.10 (0.70, 1.71)

1.01 (0.64, 1.58)

1.07 (0.70, 1.63)

1.11 (0.70, 1.76)

1.10 (0.71, 1.72)

1.12 (0.71, 1.76)

1.02 (0.66, 1.59)

  1. aIncident ED is defined as either replying yes to ED question or reporting ED medication use in Wave 2 but not in Wave 1; 125 men had incident ED with O3 data available and 84 men had incident ED with NO2 data available; results given are ORs (95% Confidence Intervals); Logistic regression models include adjustment for age, geographic region (West, Midwest, Central, South, Northeast), ethnic group, education (<H.S., H.S., College), current smoking status, obesity (BMI ≥30), diabetes, depression, season, and median household income
  2. bSummer (April-Sept) only, 1 year IQR = 8.21 ppb, 2 years IQR = 7.17 ppb, 3 years IQR = 7.13 ppb, 4 years IQR = 7.16 ppb, 5 years IQR = 6.77 ppb, 6 years IQR = 6.96 ppb, 7 years IQR = 6.81 ppb
  3. c1 year IQR = 7.49 ppb, 2 years IQR = 7.35 ppb, 3 years IQR =7.18 ppb, 4 years IQR = 7.82 ppb, 5 years IQR = 7.57 ppb, 6 years IQR = 7.80 ppb, 7 years IQR = 7.81 ppb