Fig. 4From: Occupational quartz and particle exposure affect systemic levels of inflammatory markers related to inflammasome activation and cardiovascular diseasePearson correlation heatmap of the inflammatory markers of the study using the average morning sample values (n = 40) and selected individual properties (BMI, age, smoking). Correlations coefficients < 0.3 are not visualized. All but six of the correlations with a coefficient > 0.3 had a p-value < 0.05. The six features > 0.05 all had p-values between 0.05 and 0.06. Box Cox transformation was applied to normalize the distribution of the data. White blood cell counts were excluded to improve readability of the figure. NLR: neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio, LMR: lymphocyte-monocyte ratio, casp1 act.: caspase-1 activation of monocytes ex vivo following indicated activators; LPS: lipopolysaccharide, ATP: adenosine triphosphateBack to article page