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Table 3 The mediation effects of lipid peroxidation and inflammation on the ultrafine particles (UFP)-associated thromboxane B2 increase in the participants with and without COPD

From: Pro-thrombotic changes associated with exposure to ambient ultrafine particles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: roles of lipid peroxidation and systemic inflammation

Mediators

COPD

Non-COPD

Mediation proportions

(95% CI)

P

Mediation proportions

(95% CI)

P

12-HETE

0.35 (0.06, 0.72)

0.04

0.61 (− 3.48, 2.16)

0.46

15-HETE

0.33 (0.07, 0.56)

0.02

0.8 (− 4.86, 6.36)

0.42

IL-1β

0 (− 0.04, 0.07)

0.86

 − 0.02 (− 0.44, 0.65)

0.70

IL-8

0 (− 0.08, 0.07)

0.86

0.12 (− 1.04, 2.81)

0.54

MCP-1

0.03 (− 0.07, 0.13)

0.28

0.01 (− 0.73, 0.37)

0.78

MIP-1α

0.03 (− 0.04, 0.16)

0.36

0.1 (− 1.07, 4.08)

0.52

MIP-1β

0.05 (− 0.02, 0.14)

0.16

0.02 (− 0.43, 2.08)

0.80

TNF-α

0.04 (− 0.08, 0.19)

0.58

0.02 (− 2.07, 2.61)

0.88