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Table 4 Association between air pollution and blood parameters; 57 male patients with coronary heart disease

From: Ultrafine particles and platelet activation in patients with coronary heart disease – results from a prospective panel study

 

sCD40L [pg/ml]

Platelets [103/μl]

Leucocytes [103/μl]

 

%change GM $

95% CI $

%change mean

95% CI

%change mean

95% CI

UFP §

      

    lag0

7.1*

0.1; 14.5

-1.8*

-3.4; -0.2

-2.4*

-4.5; -0.2

    lag1

0.3

-6.6; 8.6

-1.1

-2.9; 0.6

-2.1

-4.4; 0.2

    lag2

0.6

-5.9; 8.6

-1.0

-2.9; 0.8

0.2

-2.4; 2.8

    lag3

-8.5*

-15.8; -0.5

-2.4*

-4.5; -0.3

-1.5

-4.4; 1.4

    5-day-average

-0.7

-7.6; 6.8

-2.2*

-4.0; -0.3

-1.6

-4.1; 0.8

AP §

      

    lag0

6.9*

0.5; 13.8

-1.0

-2.5; 0.5

-1.9*

-3.8; -0.1

    lag1

-1.1

-8.0; 6.4

-0.4

-2.1; 1.6

-0.6

-2.9; 1.6

    lag2

-4.9

-11.9; 2.7

0.8

-1.0; 2.4

-0.6

-3.2; 2.0

    lag3

-3.8

-10.3; 3.2

0.0

-1.8; 1.7

-2.3

-4.6; 0.1

    5-day-average

-1.3

-9.9; 8.1

-0.9

-3.0; 1.3

-2.7

-5.5; 0.1

PM 2.5 §

      

    lag0

1.5

-4.0; 7.3

-0.6

-1.9; 0.7

-1.6*

-3.2; 0.0

    lag1

0.2

-5.4; 6.2

0.1

-1.3; 1.5

-0.4

-2.2; 1.4

    lag2

-2.6

-8.0; 3.1

0.5

-0.9; 1.9

-0.2

-2.1; 1.7

    lag3

0.5

-3.9; 5.0

0.2

-1.1; 1.5

-0.8

-2.4; 0.7

    5-day-average

0.2

-5.4; 6.2

-0.4

-1.9; 1.2

-1.6

-3.5; 0.3

PM 10 §

      

    lag0

1.6

-3.5; 7.0

-0.4

-1.9; 1.0

-1.1

-2.8; 0.7

    lag1

1.1

-5.4; 7.9

0.4

-1.4; 2.3

-0.5

-2.6; 1.5

    lag2

-3.5

-8.9; 2.2

0.5

-1.4; 2.3

0.1

-2.1; 2.4

    lag3

-1.4

-6.0; 3.4

-0.1

-1.6; 1.4

-0.7

-2.6; 1.2

    5-day-average

-1.2

-7.8; 5.8

0.0

2.1; 0.0

-1.1

-3.6; 1.4

  1. *p < 0.05; p < 0.10
  2. § UFP: ultrafine particles (number concentration of particles with a size range of 0.01 to 0.1 μm);
  3. AP: accumulation mode particles (particles with a size range of 0.1 to 1.0 μm); PM2.5: mass concentration of particles less than 2.5 μm in diameter; PM10: mass concentration of particles less than 10 μm in diameter;
  4. $CI: confidence interval, GM: geometric mean