Table 2 Mean change in systemic inflammation biomarkers following cooking and candle exposure (clean air = reference)†

Cytokines in serum

IL-1β

-0.14

(-0.31; 0.02)

0.086

-0.17

(-0.32; -0.01)

0.036^*

IL-8

0.14

(-0.70; 0.97)

0.743

0.18

(-0.63;0.99)

0.660

CCL2

3.19

(-11.1; 17.5)

0.660

18.3

(3.97; 32.7)

0.013^*

TNF-α

-0.42

(-0.78; -0.06)

0.023^*

-0.54

(-0.91; -0.17)

0.004^*

C-Reactive Protein

CRP

0.14

(0.03; 0.25)

0.010^*

0.10

-0.01; 0.20

0.075

EPCs

Early

0.74

(-55.7; 57.2)

0.979

-4.55

(-61.7; 52.6)

0.875

Late

-2.55

(-33.7; 28.6)

0.871

-9.08

(-41.8; 23.7)

0.585

Gene expression

IL-8

0.22

(-0.20; 0.63)

0.313

0.39

(-0.03; 0.80)

0.068

CCL2

-0.13

(-0.54; 0.29)

0.554

0.01

(-0.41; 0.42)

0.983

TNF-α

-0.10

(-0.53; 0.33)

0.637

-0.04

(-0.46; 0.39)

0.855

HMOX1

-0.06

(-0.37; 0.25)

0.700

0.01

(-0.30; 0.32)

0.966

OGG1

-0.20

(-0.51; 0.09)

0.175

-0.07

(-0.36; 0.22)

0.645

DNA damage

Strand breaks

-0.007

(-0.04; 0.02)

0.677

0.002

(-0.03; 0.03)

0.918

Fpg-sensitive sites

0.06

(0.01; 0.11)

0.024^*

-0.02

(-0.07; 0.04)

0.556