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. 2023 Dec 1;15:188. doi: 10.1186/s13148-023-01601-x

Table 2.

Composition analyses between trimester-average PM2.5 and placental cell types

Effect of PM2.5 Syncytiotrophoblasts Trophoblasts Stromal Endothelial Hofbauer nRBC p-value*
Overall
T1  − 0.013 (− 0.034, 0.007) 0.015 (− 0.002, 0.035)  − 0.004 (− 0.010, 0.002) 0.002 (− 0.003, 0.007) 0 (− 0.002, 0.002) 0 (− 0.002, 0.002) 0.115
T2 0.005 (− 0.007, 0.017)  − 0.002 (− 0.011 0.007)  − 0.003 (− 0.008, 0.002)  − 0.003 (− 0.007, 0.002) 0.001 (0, 0.003) 0.001 (0, 0.003) 0.067
T3 0.002 (− 0.015, 0.016)  − 0.005 (− 0.018, 0.008) 0.004 (− 0.002, 0.009) 0 (− 0.005, 0.006) 0 (− 0.001, 0.001) 0 (− 0.003, 0.001) 0.162
Female
T1 0.005 (− 0.027, 0.036) 0.003 (− 0.020, 0.032)  − 0.007 (− 0.017, 0.002) 0 (− 0.008, 0.008)  − 0.001 (− 0.001, 0.001) 0 (− 0.003, 0.003) 0.160
T2 0.017 (− 0.001, 0.033)  − 0.010 (− 0.023, 0.004)  − 0.006 (− 0.012, 0.002)  − 0.003 (− 0.009, 0.003) 0 (− 0.001, 0.002) 0.001 (− 0.001, 0.004) 0.040
T3  − 0.002 (− 0.030, 0.019)  − 0.003 (− 0.024, 0.021) 0.004 (− 0.004, 0.013) 0.004 (− 0.003, 0.011) 0 (− 0.001, 0.002)  − 0.003 (− 0.005, − 0.001) 0.049
Males
T1  − 0.037 (− 0.066, − 0.012) 0.033 (0.009, 0.064) 0.001 (− 0.009, 0.009) 0.003 (− 0.006, 0.011) 0.002 (− 0.002, 0.011)  − 0.001 (− 0.003, 0.002) 0.033
T2  − 0.009 (− 0.027, 0.009) 0.006 (− 0.007, 0.020) 0.001 (− 0.007, 0.008)  − 0.002 (− 0.009, 0.005) 0.003 (− 0.001, 0.011) 0.001 (− 0.001, 0.003) 0.117
T3 0.010 (− 0.011, 0.028)  − 0.010 (− 0.023, 0.007) 0.002 (− 0.005, 0.010)  − 0.002 (− 0.009, 0.005)  − 0.001 (− 0.003, 0.002) 0.001 (− 0.001, 0.004) 0.131

*Overall effects on cell-type composition p-value calculated based on the median F-statistic across 1000 bootstrap samples. In parenthesis are the 95% bootstrap confidence intervals. Significant results are highlighted in bold. T1: 1st trimester, T2: 2nd trimester, T3: 3rd trimester, nRBC: nucleated red blood cells