Table 2

Distribution of the environmental variables: 5, 25, 50, 75, and 95 centiles and difference between the 90th and 10th centile in the myocardial infarction and the pneumonia cohorts

	Unit	5%	25%	50%	75%	95%	90%–10%
Myocardial infarction cohort
Apparent temperature	C°	−3.36	1.45	9.37	19.46	27.50
PM₂₅	μg/m³	3.87	7.23	11.10	16.14	26.31	17.17
BC	μg/m³	0.42	0.74	1.15	1.72	2.83	2.01
NO₂	ppb	12.59	18.30	23.20	29.13	40.67	20.41
CO	ppm	0.30	0.39	0.48	0.60	0.88	0.47
Ozone	ppb	6.32	16.69	22.44	31.00	47.63	30.67
PM non-traffic	μg/m³	−7.30	−3.28	−0.88	1.91	12.05	13.27
Pneumonia cohort
Apparent temperature	C°	−3.36	1.45	9.37	19.46	27.50
PM₂₅	μg/m³	3.87	7.23	11.10	16.14	26.31	17.14
BC	μg/m³	0.42	0.74	1.15	1.72	2.83	2.05
NO₂	ppb	12.59	18.30	23.20	29.13	40.67	20.41
CO	ppm	0.30	0.39	0.48	0.60	0.88	0.47
Ozone	ppb	6.32	16.64	22.44	31.03	47.63	30.67
PM non-traffic	μg/m³	−7.30	−3.28	−0.88	1.92	12.11	13.44