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