Research Article

Outdoor Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases in Lebanon: A Case-Control Study

Table 5

Adjusted odds ratios with their 95% confidence intervals from the logistic regression of CVD among cases and control stratified by cigarette smoking status.

Exposure typeCigarette smoking
NonsmokersCurrent smokers
ORa95% CI valueORa95% CI value

Living near a busy highway0.030<0.001
 <100 m
 >100 m1.10–19.257.33–20.23
Living close to local diesel generator1.64–15.080.0051.52–11.930.004

Adjusted for triglyceride, HDL, LDL, and SBP; ORa: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. value < 0.05 statistically significant.