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. 2025 Apr 3;15(4):595. doi: 10.3390/life15040595
Abbreviations Definition
PM2.5/PM10/PM1/PM0.1 Particulate matter with diameter ≤ 2.5 μm/10 μm/1 μm/0.1 μm
NO2 Nitrogen dioxide
NO/NOx Nitric oxide/nitrogen oxides
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
O3 Ozone
DE Diesel exhaust
BC Black carbon
UFPM Ultrafine particulate matter
HR Heart rate
HRV Heart rate variability
SBP/DBP Systolic/diastolic blood pressure
VO2/VO2max/VO2peak Oxygen Uptake/Maximal Oxygen Uptake/Peak Oxygen Uptake
VCO2 Carbon Dioxide Output
VT Tidal volume
VE Minute Ventilation
FVC Forced vital capacity
FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 second
PEF/PEFR Peak expiratory flow/peak expiratory flow rate
FEF25–75 Forced expiratory flow at 25–75% of the pulmonary volume
RV Residual volume
SpO2 Peripheral Oxygen Saturation
FeNO/eNO Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide
NO3− Nitrate
IL-xx Interleukins (e.g., IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8)
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha
GM-CSF Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor
NE Norepinephrine
MVF/FMD Microvascular function/flow-mediated dilation
sICAM-1/sVCAM-1/sP-Selectin Soluble Intercellular/Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecules/Selectin P
EBC Exhaled breath condensate
CRAE/CRVE Central retinal arteriolar/venular equivalents
FBF Forearm blood flow
AMC Airway macrophage carbon
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PICO Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (framework for research questions)