Skip to main content

Table 2 Exposure measurements during the road test and in the clean room

From: Subclinical responses in healthy cyclists briefly exposed to traffic-related air pollution: an intervention study

Endpoint

Road test

Clean room

p-value*

Average PM10, μg/m3

62.8 (23.6)

7.6 (3.3)

<0.001

Average PM2.5, μg/m3

24.2 (8.7)

2.0 (0.78)

<0.001

Average UFP, particles/cm3

28,867 (8479)

496 (138)

<0.001

Duration of cycling, min

20.8 (1.6)

20.2 (1.9)

0.20

Temperature,°C

15.2 (1.6)

21.6 (1.0)

<0.001

Relative humidity,%

57.0 (9.5)

45.7 (6.6)

<0.001

Heart rate, beats/min

131 (15.0)

131 (14.6)

0.90

% of maximal heart rate

74.0% (8.6)

74.1% (8.8)

0.90

  1. Values are Mean (SD)
  2. *Paired t-test