Research Article

The Use of Protein-Protein Interactions for the Analysis of the Associations between PM2.5 and Some Diseases

Table 2

The associations between the 22 disease classes and PM2.5.

OMIM disease classProportion

Ear, nose, and throat0.2368
Gastrointestinal0.2000
Nutritional0.1667
Renal0.1628
Respiratory0.1556
Cardiovascular0.1500
Endocrine0.1500
Skeletal0.1429
Psychiatric0.1379
Dermatological0.1250
Metabolic0.1243
Immunological0.1176
Bone0.0857
Multiple0.0838
Unclassified0.0769
Connective tissue disorder0.0652
Hematological0.0615
Developmental0.0556
Ophthalmological0.0556
Neurological0.0531
Cancer0.0482
Muscular0.0169