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Table 3 Peripheral blood parameters after filtered air and diesel exhaust exposures.

From: Impaired vascular function after exposure to diesel exhaust generated at urban transient running conditions

 

Before

air exposure

6 hours after

air exposure

Before

diesel exposure

6 hours after

diesel exposure

Leukocytes (× 109 cells/L)

5.6 ± 0.3

5.9 ± 0.3

6.0 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 0.2

Neutrophils (× 109 cells/L)

2.4 ± 0.2

3.6 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.2

3.1 ± 0.2

Platelets (× 109 cells/L)

226 ± 8

214 ± 8

229 ± 10

214 ± 8

TNF-α (pg/ml)

0.92 ± 0.21

0.89 ± 0.17

1.03 ± 0.17

0.80 ± 0.17

IL-6 (pg/ml)

0.68 ± 0.22

2.58 ± 0.82

0.60 ± 0.14

2.17 ± 0.76

CRP (mg/l)

1.32 ± 0.52

1.30 ± 0.46

2.03 ± 0.56

1.85 ± 0.56

CD40L (pg/ml)

95.4 ± 9.2

88.8 ± 10.8

98.4 ± 11.1

85.6 ± 11.1

P-Selectin (ng/ml)

52.0 ± 5.7

58.4 ± 7.1

57.4 ± 6.7

54.1 ± 7.4

ICAM-1 (ng/ml)

260.0 ± 13.9

273.1 ± 24.4

267.8 ± 14.2

252.8 ± 17.4

  1. Data expressed as mean ± SEM. P > 0.05 for all using 2-way ANOVA with repeated measures.