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Table 2 Biomarkers for 38 male Patients with history of chronic pulmonary disease in Erfurt, Germany, between October 2001 and May 2002

From: Short-term effects of air pollution: a panel study of blood markers in patients with chronic pulmonary disease

Variable

No.

Mean

SD*

Min.

Med.

90%

Max.

Fibrinogen

[g/l]

380

3.1

0.7

0.9

2.9

4.1

6.3

SAA

[mg/l]

380

7.7

44.0

0.8

2.9

6.8

718.0

CRP

[mg/l]

380

3.8

8.4

0.2

1.6

7.5

127.0

E-selectin

[ng/ml]

380

50.3

20.9

4.0

47.3

77.7

116.2

sICAM-1

[ng/ml]§

380

302.8

104.3

120.7

274.4

419.0

855.9

Faktor VII

[% activity]

349

131.2

35.3

53.0

125.0

180.0

315.0

vWF

[% activity]#

349

126.4

43.4

25.0

126.0

186.0

213.0

D-dimer

[μg/ml]

349

0.5

0.6

0.02

0.3

0.9

3.8

Prothrombin fragment 1+2

[nmol/l]

347

2.2

1.0

0.6

2.1

3.5

6.0

  1. * SD, standard deviation; SAA, serum amyloid A; CRP, C-reactive protein; § sICAM-1, soluble inter-cellular adhesion molecule 1; # vWF, von Willebrand factor antigen