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. 2008 Mar 26;116(7):898–906. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11189

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of daily air pollutant measurements.

Exposure (24-hr averages) No. (missing) Mean ± SD Median IQR Min–Max
Outdoor hourly PM
 EC (μg/m3) 166 (14) 1.61 ± 0.62 1.56 0.92 0.24–3.94
 OC (μg/m3) 166 (14) 5.94 ± 2.11 5.58 2.79 2.51–13.60
 BC (μg/m3) 179 (1) 2.00 ± 0.77 1.89 0.96 0.58–5.11
 OCpri (μg/m3) 166 (14) 3.37 ± 1.21 3.21 1.63 0.99–7.11
 Secondary OC (μg/m3) 166 (14) 2.49 ± 1.50 2.10 1.86 0–8.10
 PN (particles/cm3) 152 (28) 16,043 ± 5,886 13,968 7,386 6,837–31,263
Outdoor hourly gases
 NO2 (ppb) 178 (2) 33.10 ± 9.64 32.22 13.87 11.22–59.83
 CO (ppm) 169 (11) 0.71 ± 0.29 0.70 0.41 0.14–1.68
 O3 (ppb) 176 (4) 33.22 ± 11.68 32.19 15.69 8.50–70.88
Indoor hourly PM
 EC (μg/m3) 148 (32) 1.31 ± 0.52 1.30 0.70 0.19–2.89
 EC of outdoor origin (μg/m3) 158 (22) 1.11 ± 0.39 1.06 0.51 0.41–2.97
 OC (μg/m3) 148 (32) 5.69 ± 1.51 5.60 1.96 2.34–10.79
 OCpri of outdoor origin (μg/m3) 166 (14) 2.18 ± 0.82 2.15 1.07 0.32–5.21
 Secondary OC of outdoor origin (μg/m3) 166 (14) 2.08 ± 1.26 1.75 1.45 0–6.87
 PN (particles/cm3) 144 (36) 14,494 ± 6,770 12,341 7,337 1,016–43,027
 PN of outdoor origin (particles/cm3) 124 (56) 10,108 ± 3,108 9,580 3,684 1,016–17,700
Indoor hourly gases
 NO2 (ppb) 170 (10) 32.3 ± 8.5 32.0 11.0 12.5–53.5
 CO (ppb) 174 (6) 0.78 ± 0.30 0.73 0.42 0.22–1.97
Outdoor PM mass
 PM0.25 (μg/m3) 106 (14) 9.47 ± 2.97 9.4 4.2 3.31–18.75
 PM0.25–2.5 (μg/m3) 115 (5) 13.53 ± 10.67 11.7 11.5 1.29–66.77
 PM2.5–10 (μg/m3) 106 (14) 10.04 ± 4.07 9.9 5.9 1.76–22.38
Indoor PM mass
 PM0.25 (μg/m3) 104 (16) 10.45 ± 6.77 9.5 4.5 1.42–69.86
 PM0.25–2.5 (μg/m3) 107 (13) 7.36 ± 4.57 6.5 5.7 0.77–30.86
 PM2.5–10 (μg/m3) 111 (9) 4.12 ± 4.76 2.8 3.5 0.12–37.63

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; Max, maximum; Min, minimum.