Inflammatory markers | Sample data | Exposure | Pearson's r | Kendall \(\uptau\) | ||
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Caspase-1 ex vivo activation in monocytes | r | P-value | \(\uptau\) | P-value | ||
Caspase-1, LPS activated | Morning \(\overline{\times }\) 1st, 2nd | Resp. dust | -0.55 | 2.65 × 10–4 | -0.34 | 0.0021 |
Morning 2nd | Resp. dust | -0.60 | 2.56 × 10–4 | -0.43 | 6.20 × 10–4 | |
Morning 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.40 | 0.0016 | |||
Caspase-1, ATP activated | Morning \(\overline{\times }\) 1st, 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.41 | 0.0089 | ||
Morning 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.59 | 4.35 × 10–4 | |||
Shift difference | Resp. dust | 0.40 | 7.69 × 10–4 | 0.28 | 0.0011 | |
Shift difference | Resp. quartz | 0.39 | 0.0012 | 0.26 | 0.0027 | |
Caspase-1, LPS + ATP activated | Morning \(\overline{\times }\) 1st, 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.48 | 0.0019 | -0.30 | 0.0075 |
Morning 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.66 | 3.31 × 10–5 | -0.45 | 2.98 × 10–4 | |
Inflammatory mediators | ||||||
CXCL8 | Morning 2nd | Resp. dust | 0.36 | 0.0045 | ||
SAA | Shift difference | Resp. dust | -0.22 | 0.0087 | ||
Shift difference | Resp. quartz | -0.27 | 0.0014 | |||
sST2 | Morning 2nd | Resp. quartz | -0.55 | 0.0010 | -0.38 | 0.0022 |