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Table 5 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

 

Erythrocytes [106/μl]

Haemoglobin [g/dl]

 

%change mean

95% CI $

%change mean

95% CI

UFP §

    

    lag0

-0.2

-0.7; 0.2

-0.4

-1.1; 0.2

    lag1

-0.3

-0.8; 0.2

-0.4

-1.1; 0.3

    lag2

0.0

-0.6; 0.5

0.0

-0.8; 0.7

    lag3

-0.6*

-1.3; 0.0

-0.3

-1.1; 0.5

    5-day-average

-0.5

-1.0; 0.1

-0.4

-1.1; 0.3

AP §

    

    lag0

-0.1

-0.5; 0.3

-0.2

-0.7; 0.4

    lag1

-0.4

-0.9; 0.2

-0.3

-1.0; 0.4

    lag2

-0.4

-0.9; 0.2

-0.1

-0.9; 0.7

    lag3

-0.4

-0.6; 0.3

-0.1

-0.8; 0.6

    5-day-average

-0.4

-1.0; 0.2

-0.2

-1.1; 0.6

PM 2.5 §

    

    lag0

-0.1

-0.5; 0.3

0.0

-0.6; 0.5

    lag1

-0.3

-0.7; 0.2

-0.2

-0.8; 0.3

    lag2

-0.4*

-0.8; 0.0

-0.5*

-1.1; 0.0

    lag3

-0.2

-0.5; 0.1

-0.2

-0.7; 0.2

    5-day-average

-0.4

-0.8; 0.0

-0.5

-1.0; 0.1

PM 10 §

    

    lag0

0.0

-0.4; 0.5

-0.1

-0.7; 0.6

    lag1

-0.4

-1.0; 0.1

-0.4

-1.2; 0.3

    lag2

-0.7*

-1.2; -0.2

-0.7

-1.3; 0.0

    lag3

-0.4*

-0.8; 0.0

-0.3

-0.9; 0.2

    5-day-average

-0.6*

-1.2; -0.1

-0.7

-1.5; 0.1

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. p < 0.10
  3. § UFP: ultrafine particles (number concentration of particles with a size range of 0.01 to 0.1 μm);
  4. 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;
  5. $CI: confidence interval