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Table 3 Health effect parameters measured in blood of spontaneously hypertensive rats 8 h after exposure to concentrated ambient particulate matter or clean air as a control.

From: Response of spontaneously hypertensive rats to inhalation of fine and ultrafine particles from traffic: experimental controlled study

  

fCAP (Site I)

u+fCAP (Site II)

  

Control (n = 40)

CAP (n = 40)

Control (n = 32)

CAP (n = 32)

Variation among

  

Control (n = 40)

 

CAP (n = 40)

        

Marker

Units

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

 

Statistical significance

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

 

experiments

WBC

* e9/L

3.20

3.01–3.38

2.89

2.68–3.10

*

3.82

3.61–4.02

3.51

3.31–3.72

*

***

RBC

* e12/L

8.67

8.59–8.76

8.74

8.66–8.82

 

8.88

8.78–8.97

8.94

8.86–9.03

 

***

HGB

mmol/L

8.69

8.60–8.77

8.75

8.67–8.82

 

8.66

8.56–8.76

8.69

8.60–8.78

 

***

HCT

L/L

0.404

0.400–0.408

0.408

0.404–0.412

*

0.42

0.410–0.419

0.42

0.411–0.418

 

***

MCV

fL

46.61

46.22–46.99

46.74

46.35–47.14

 

46.72

46.53–46.91

46.33

46.13–46.53

**

 

MCH

fmol

1.002

0.994–1.010

1.002

0.995–1.010

 

0.98

0.971–0.980

0.97

0.967–0.976

 

**

MCHC

mmol/L

21.50

21.42–21.58

21.42

21.35–21.50

 

20.90

20.82–20.94

20.97

20.90–21.04

*

***

RDW

%

11.83

11.69–11.98

11.68

11.55–11.80

 

11.64

11.53–11.76

11.67

11.51–11.82

  

HDW

mmol/L

1.44

1.411–1.4778

1.44

1.408–1.474

 

1.52

1.506–1.539

1.53

1.515–1.544

 

*

PLT

* e9/L

942

913–972

929

899–959

 

992

964–1019

992

946–1038

 

***

MPV

fL

7.39

7.29–7.50

7.38

7.31–7.46

 

7.10

7.01–7.19

7.24

7.16–7.32

***

***

MPC

      

23.30

23.06–23.56

23.86

23.61–24.11

a ***

***

Reticulo-

abs

75.8

71.3–80.4

72.0

66.6–77.5

 

75.8

71.3–80.4

72.0

66.6–77.5

  

    cytes

%

0.87

0.77–0.96

0.71

0.64–0.78

*

0.86

0.815–0.92

0.81

0.75–0.87

 

*

Neutrophils

abs

0.42

0.39–0.46

0.33

0.31–0.36

***

0.51

0.47–0.55

0.47

0.44–0.52

 

*

Lymphocytes

abs

2.65

2.48–2.83

2.45

2.26–2.65

*

3.13

2.96–3.30

2.87

2.69–3.04

**

***

Monocytes

abs

0.075

0.067–0.083

0.0687

0.060–0.077

 

0.103

0.092–0.114

0.098

0.0869–0.109

 

***

Eosinophils

abs

0.0262

0.023–0.029

0.0262

0.022–0.029

 

0.013

0.0073–0.0190

0.013

0.0098–0.0165

 

***

Basophils

abs

0.00498

0.00347–0.00649

0.00517

0.00381–0.00653

 

0.060

0.0496–0.0699

0.062

0.0506–0.0736

 

***

LUC

abs

0.0129

0.0109–0.0149

0.0119

0.0100–0.0137

 

0.008

0.0043–0.0107

0.009

0.0054–0.0117

 

***

Neutrophils

%

13.54

12.21–14.88

11.90

10.82–12.98

*

13.37

12.55–14.20

13.48

12.44–14.51

  

Lymphocytes

%

82.62

81.22–84.02

84.23

83.11–85.36

*

81.90

80.98–82.76

81.40

80.23–82.58

  

Monocytes

%

2.39

2.14–2.63

2.33

2.15–2.52

 

2.66

2.46–2.87

2.72

2.51–2.93

 

***

Eosinophils

%

0.836

0.754–0.918

0.935

0.823–1.048

 

0.340

0.204–0.475

0.353

0.276–0.430

 

***

Basophils

%

0.203

0.169–0.236

0.192

0.161–0.223

 

1.550

1.33–1.79

1.790

1.47–2.12

 

***

LUC

%

0.384

0.340–0.427

0.391

0.339–0.443

 

0.218

0.152–0.285

0.254

0.190–0.318

 

***

Fibrinogen

mg/ml

2.18

2.13–2.22

2.16

2.13–2.19

 

2.236

2.199–2.274

2.267

2.232–2.303

b

 

vWF

ratio

1.49

1.34–1.65

1.64

1.36–1.92

 

0.67

0.65–0.70

0.65

0.61–0.69

a

 
  1. a n = 32; b n = 61; c n = 63; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. For abbreviations of the markers, see Materials and methods