Table 5

Percentage increases in risk (IR%), 95% CIs, and p values by all natural cause death during 2003–2009 in the Reykjavik area, at lag 2 and 3, the best models according to the Akaike Information Criterion

Components/ parametersIR%95% CIp Value
Lag 2
 Summer*5.30−16.88 to 33.500.670
 H2S (>7 µg/m3)−18.75−29.49 to −6.390.004
 Interaction terms
  Summer:H2S (>7 µg/m3)43.5011.10 to 85.500.006
Lag 3
 Summer*4.00−14.77 to 27.000.698
 Component 4†−0.12−0.71 to 0.500.704
 H2S (>7 µg/m3)−14.87−25.80 to −2.330.022
 Interaction terms
  Summer:Component 4−0.95−1.86 to −0.040.042
  Summer:H2S (>7 µg/m3)36.906.20 to 76.500.015
  • *Summer months of 1 May–31 October.

  • †Component 4 consists of: NO2 (0.648), PM10 (−0.159), O3 (0.691), and temperature (−0.268; table 4).