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Table 3 Spearman correlation analyses of the relationship between air pollutants, inflammatory cytokines, and lung function

From: Air pollution associated acute respiratory inflammation and modification by GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene polymorphisms: a panel study of healthy undergraduates

 

PM2.5

PM10

O3

SO2

NO2

CO

T

RH

IL-6

IL-8

TNF-α

8-epi-PGF2α

FVC

FEV1

FEV1/FVC

PEF

FEF25

FEF75

MVV

MV

PM2.5

—

                   

PM10

0.598

—

                  

O3

-0.234

-0.267

—

                 

SO2

0.134

0.232

-0.130

—

                

NO2

0.488

0.515

-0.647

0.406

—

               

CO

0.479

0.403

-0.495

0.588

0.639

—

              

T

0.228

0.076

0.462

-0.136

-0.068

-0.345

—

             

RH

0.667

-0.344

-0.542

-0.054

0.453

0.535

-0.113

—

            

IL-6

-0.196

-0.008

-0.059

0.292

-0.101

0.306

-0.148

-0.300

—

           

IL-8

0.045

0.025

0.032

0.094

-0.137

0.046

0.031

-0.081

0.270

—

          

TNF-α

-0.345

-0.351

-0.293

-0.075

-0.427

-0.105

-0.422

-0.349

0.315

0.380

—

         

8-epi-PGF2α

-0.042

-0.037

0.020

0.075

-0.076

0.072

-0.019

-0.102

0.199

0.917

0.374

—

        

FVC

0.040

0.042

0.015

-0.013

0.063

-0.002

0.043

0.045

0.171

0.251

0.263

0.308

—

       

FEV1

-0.028

0.047

-0.087

-0.004

0.089#

0.040

-0.039

-0.031

0.201

0.285

0.251

0.307

0.852

—

      

FEV1/FVC

-0.126

-0.001

-0.192

-0.013

0.064

0.056

-0.149

-0.127

0.043

-0.120

-0.073

-0.083

-0.359

0.075

—

     

PEF

-0.177

-0.008

-0.198

0.060

0.031

0.120

-0.191

-0.179

0.130

0.119

0.159

0.150

0.440

0.604

0.368

—

    

FEF25

-0.405

-0.056

-0.429

0.097

0.078

0.248

-0.420

-0.401

0.168

0.062

0.162

0.127

0.429

0.629

0.426

0.972

—

   

FEF75

0.386

0.113

0.336

-0.100

-0.003

-0.222

0.379

0.384

-0.030

0.022

-0.062

-0.032

0.054

0.408

0.765

0.456

0.506

—

  

MVV

-0.242

-0.037

-0.213

0.127

-0.035

0.174

-0.249

-0.204

0.210

0.150

0.264

0.149

0.653

0.722

0.050

0.600

0.593

0.328

—

 

MV

-0.140

-0.007

-0.096

0.102

0.004

0.129

-0.130

-0.128

0.233

0.041

0.062

0.031

0.224#

0.238

0.016

0.181

0.174

0.039

0.262

—

  1. Abbreviation: PM2.5 fine particulate matter, PM10 coarser particulate matter, O3 ozone, SO2 sulfur dioxide, NO2 nitrogen dioxide, CO carbon monoxide, T temperature, RH relative humidity, Al aluminum, Ba barium, Sr strontium, V vanadium, Cr chromium, Mn manganese, Ni nickel, Cu copper, Zn zinc, Cd cadmium, Pd palladium, Ge germanium, As arsenic, B boron, Pb lead
  2. The statistically significant correlations are highlighted in bold