Effects of Dust Storms and Climatological Factors on Mortality and Morbidity of Cardiovascular Diseases Admitted to ED

Table 2

Results of generalized additive Poisson models for predicting number of emergency department visits and hospitalization due to CCF.

Variables		Admission; OR [95% CI]	p	Hospitalization; OR [95% CI]	p	Mortality; OR [95% CI]	p
TOTAL	PM0	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0.001	0.999 [0.998-1.000]	0.148	1.001 [1.000-1.003]	0.127
	PM1	1.000 [1.000-1.001]	0.348	0.999 [0.997-1.000]	0.077	0.998 [0.996-1.000]	0.116
	PM2	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0.025	1.000 [0.998-1.002]	0.988	1.000 [0.998-1.002]	0.720
	PM3	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.345	0.999 [0.997-1.000]	0.031	1.001 [1.000-1.003]	0.162
	MT	0.999 [0.997-1.000]	0.094	0.981 [0.976-0.987]	0.001	1.005 [0.998-1.012]	0.199
	DS	1.003 [0.972-1.036]	0.833	2.209 [2.069-2.359]	0.001	0.956 [0.819-1.115]	0.564
WOMEN	PM0	0.999 [0.998-0.999]	0.001	0.999 [0.997-1.001]	0.180	1.000 [0.997-1.002]	0.784
	PM1	1.000 [1.000-1.001]	0.607	0.999 [0.997-1.001]	0.487	0.999 [0.996-1.002]	0.639
	PM2	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.281	0.999 [0.997-1.002]	0,527	1.001 [0.999-1.004]	0.361
	PM3	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.795	0.999 [0.997-1.001]	0.366	1.000 [0.997-1.002]	0.856
	MT	0.997 [0.995-0.999]	0,010	0.982 [0.975-0.999]	0.001	1.008 [0.998-1.018]	0.120
	DS	0.960 [0.915-1.007]	0.091	2.109 [1.909-2.330]	0.001	0.907 [0.718-1.146]	0.413
MEN	PM0	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0,034	0.999 [0.998-1.001]	0.463	1.002 [1.000-1.004]	0.018
	PM1	1.000 [1.000-1.001]	0.400	0.998 [0.996-1.000]	0.081	0.998 [0.995-1.001]	0.123
	PM2	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0,036	1.001 [0.990-1.003]	0.543	0.998 [0.995-1.001]	0.189
	PM3	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.289	0.998[0.996-1.000]	0.037	1.002 [1.000-1.004]	0.028
	MT	1.000 [0.998-1.002]	0.840	0.981 [0.974-0.998]	0.001	1.001 [0.992-1.011]	0.780
	DS	1.043 [0.999-1.089]	0.055	2.292 [2.100-2.502]	0.001	0.992 [0.808-1.218]	0.938
> 65 years	PM0	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0.029	0.999 [0.998-1.001]	0.363	1.001 [0.998-1.003]	0.378
	PM1	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.471	0.998 [0.996-1.000]	0.132	0.999 [0.996-1.002]	0.483
	PM2	0.999 [0.999-1.000]	0.070	1.000 [0.998-1.002]	0.895	0.999 [0.998-1.001]	0.302
	PM3	1.000 [1.000-1.001]	0.740	0.999 [0.998-1.001]	0.275	1.002 [1.000-1.004]	0.077
	MT	0.999 [0.997-1.001]	0.376	0.983 [0.976-0.989]	0.001	1.003 [0.995-1.012]	0.434
	DS	0.972 [0.929-1.018]	0.232	2.180 [2.004-2.371]	0.001	1.012 [0.845-1.212]	0.896
< 65 yr.	PM0	0.999 [0.998-0.999]	0.001	0.999 [0.997-1.001]	0.241	1.002 [0.999-1.005]	0.149
	PM1	1.001 [1.000-1.001]	0.038	0.999 [0.996-1.001]	0.346	0.997 [0.993-1.000]	0.088
	PM2	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.183	1.000 [0.998-1.003]	0.836	1.001 [0.998-1.005]	0.380
	PM3	1.000 [0.999-1.000]	0.092	0.998 [0.996-1.000]	0.035	1.000 [0.997-1.003]	0.966
	MT	0.998 [0.996-1.001]	0.138	0.979 [0.971-0.998]	0.001	1.007 [0.995-1.019]	0.265
	DS	1.035 [0.990-1.082]	0.130	0.907[2.030-2.506]	0.413	0.836 [0.622-1.124]	0.236

DS: dust storm adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals; significant at 0.05 levels; CCF: congestive cardiac failure