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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of air pollutant measurements

From: Associations between microvascular function and short-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and particulate matter oxidative potential

 

N (Missing)

Mean (SD)

IQR

Min

Max

Personal Exposures (7-day average)

 NOx (ppb)

729 (116)

28.07 (19.66)

20.87

2.21

160.13

Ambient Exposures (24h Averages)

 Black Carbon (μg/m3)

320 (16)

1.28 (0.85)

1.06

0.21

5.21

 PM2.5 (μg/m3)

309 (27)

17.56 (7.70)

9.62

3.83

49.23

 CO (ppm)

311 (25)

0.54 (0.24)

0.32

0.11

1.59

 Ozone (ppb)

303 (33)

23.16 (9.25)

12.66

1.33

48.51

 NOx (ppb)

241 (95)

35.42 (27.69)

31.02

3.6

175.63

 Heat Index (F°)

366 (0)

66.09 (8.39)

12.56

42.57

84.33

Size-fractionated PM (5-day average)

 Mass (μg/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

2.41 (0.86)

1.13

1.17

4.81

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

8.64 (3.21)

4.01

4.40

19.43

  PM2.5 – PM10

44 (4)

14.91 (6.78)

7.80

4.45

35.36

 Total PAH (ng/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

0.32 (0.22)

0.30

0.03

0.77

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

0.46 (0.45)

0.46

0.21

1.98

 Hopanes (ng/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

0.17 (0.12)

0.19

0.01

0.44

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

0.21 (0.20)

0.21

0.00

0.82

 OA (μg/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

26.21 (10.84)

14.45

9.64

57.98

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

18.12 (13.99)

16.76

0.56

61.43

 OC (μg/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

1.18 (0.39)

0.42

0.47

2.35

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

1.54 (0.78)

1.11

0.53

3.48

  PM2.5 – PM10

45 (3)

0.67 (0.22)

0.30

0.28

1.12

 EC (μg/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

0.26 (0.13)

0.16

0.09

0.60

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

0.15 (0.12)

0.18

0.01

0.45

  PM2.5 – PM10

45 (3)

0.04 (0.03)

0.05

0.00

0.09

 Total ROS (μg Zym/m3)a

  PM0.18

45 (3)

19.8 (12.21)

16.60

2.10

53.20

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

136.69 (94.62)

125.90

26.20

394.00

  PM2.5 – PM10

44 (4)

60.19 (49.73)

76.45

8.70

181.00

 Water-soluble ROS (μg Zym/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

16.74 (11.49)

13.60

1.50

50.60

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

117.05 (87.66)

95.60

18.60

421.90

  PM2.5 – PM10

44 (4)

25.04 (22.63)

34.05

2.40

84.20

 Dithiothreitol (nmol/min/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

0.10 (0.05)

0.06

0.02

0.24

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

0.26 (0.08)

0.08

0.12

0.48

  PM2.5 – PM10

44 (4)

0.24 (0.11)

0.14

0.10

0.53

 Transition metalsb (ng/m3)

  PM0.18

45 (3)

49.20 (40.43)

56.2438

7.22

153.39

  PM0.18 – PM2.5

45 (3)

72.02 (52.86)

46.0233

12.89

237.11

  PM2.5 – PM10

44 (4)

396.57 (171.18)

219.9526

111.97

914.57

  1. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, CO carbon monoxide, PM particulate matter, PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, OC organic carbon, EC elemental carbon, ROS Reactive oxygen species
  2. aZym: μg Zymosan equivalent units
  3. bTotal sum of transition metals include V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu and Fe