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Table 1 Distribution of PM mass and metals contained in PM* among study subjects (N = 63)

From: Ambient PM exposure and DNA methylation in tumor suppressor genes: a cross-sectional study

Exposure (μg/m3)

N

Mean (SD)

Min

Percentile

Max

     

25 th

50 th

75 th

 

PM 10

63

233.42

(214.56)

73.72

152.23

179.45

222.86

1220.17

PM 1

63

8.48

(6.18)

1.71

3.51

9.01

11.35

30.49

Aluminum

63

8.50

(18.07)

0.40

1.48

2.05

7.41

84.07

Manganese

63

11.26

(30.41)

0.11

1.20

4.63

10.77

174.79

Nickel

63

0.30

(0.18)

0.02

0.23

0.25

0.46

0.72

Zinc

63

18.85

(26.37)

0.26

1.47

8.45

32.28

129.06

Arsenic

63

0.10

(0.1)

0.01

0.02

0.07

0.17

0.31

Lead

63

7.53

(17.46)

0.13

0.63

2.87

9.52

99.90

Iron

63

32.02

(22.08)

0.96

18.00

25.64

48.69

88.43

  1. *Metals were measured in the PM10 fraction of PM mass