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Table 2 Kinetic parameters of median value of AM BC in three groups of participants

From: Carbon load in airway macrophages as a biomarker of exposure to particulate air pollution; a longitudinal study of an international Panel

Parameter

LMIC group

HIC group

BE group

N

15

15

15

R0, μm2

1.122 ± 0.193 (0.750–1.509)

0.387 ± 0.110 (0.168–0.613)

0.275 ± 0.066 (0.147–0.404)

k, μm2/day

0.013 ± 0.004 (0.007–0.023)

0.002 ± 0.001 (−0.001–0.004)

−0.001 ± 0.000 (− 0.001–0.000)

  1. Data are posterior mean ± SD and 95% credible intervals. N number of participants, R 0 initial median value of AM BC, k decay constant, LMIC low and middle-income countries, HIC high-income countries, BE Belgium
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

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