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Table 3 Association of short-term exposure to 24 h average PM10 with inflammatory markers on the day of examination, and with 1-day to 6-day lags from adjusted robust regression models §

From: Effects of particulate matter on inflammatory markers in the general adult population

 

hs-CRP

p-value

IL-1β

p-value

IL-6

p-value

TNF-α

p-value

Lag 0 (Same day)

−0.002

0.820

0.034

0.014

0.036

0.001

0.024

<0.001

(−0.017, 0.013)

(0.007, 0.060)

(0.015, 0.057)

(0.013, 0.035)

Lag 1

0.001

0.854

0.034

0.011

0.035

0.001

0.022

<0.001

(−0.013, 0.016)

(0.008, 0.061)

(0.015, 0.056)

(0.011, 0.033)

Lag 2

0.002

0.798

0.039

0.004

0.039

<0.001

0.023

<0.001

(−0.013, 0.017)

(0.013, 0.066)

(0.019, 0.060)

(0.013, 0.034)

Lag 3

−0.001

0.944

0.037

0.006

0.040

<0.001

0.023

<0.001

(−0.015, 0.014)

(0.010, 0.063)

(0.020, 0.061)

(0.012, 0.034)

Lag 4

0.002

0.784

0.038

0.004

0.041

<0.001

0.022

<0.001

(−0.013, 0.017)

(0.012, 0.065)

(0.020, 0.061)

(0.011, 0.033)

Lag 5

0.003

0.662

0.037

0.006

0.035

0.001

0.019

0.001

(−0.011, 0.018)

(0.010, 0.063)

(0.015, 0.055)

(0.008, 0.030)

Lag 6

0.002

0.753

0.030

0.025

0.036

0.001

0.019

0.001

(−0.012, 0.017)

(0.004, 0.056)

(0.016, 0.056)

(0.008, 0.030)

  1. §Adjusted for: sex, age, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking status, education levels, zip code, statin, diabetes, hypertension, season, outdoor air temperature, and outdoor air pressure.