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. 2008 May 16;116(9):1237–1242. doi: 10.1289/ehp.10578

Table 3.

Effects of PM2.5 exposure on biomarkers of oxidative stress by supplementation groups.

Soy oil
Fish oil
β (SE) p-Value β (SE) p-Value
Cu/Zn SOD
 Intercept 0.75 (0.03) < 0.001 0.60 (0.06) < 0.001
 Supplementationa 0.17 (0.09) 0.050 0.29 (0.14) 0.042
 Indoor PM2.5 −0.06 (0.02) < 0.001 −0.17 (0.05) 0.002
 Indoor (PM2.5)2b 0.04 (0.02) 0.009
LPOc
 Intercept 4.15 (0.23) < 0.001 3.96 (0.21) < 0.001
 Supplementationa 0.49 (1.13) 0.669 −3.72 (1.04) 0.002
 Indoor PM2.5 −0.02 (0.14) 0.904 −0.35 (0.19) 0.080
 Indoor (PM2.5)2 0.16 (0.07) 0.024
GSHd
 Intercept 1.21 (0.10) < 0.001 1.44 (0.08) < 0.001
 Supplementationa 0.70 (0.22) 0.003 1.00 (0.19) < 0.001
 Indoor PM2.5 −0.03 (0.04) 0.406 −0.09 (0.04) 0.017

Data are regression coefficients; we adjusted models for date. For PM2.5, the coefficients correspond to a change in 10 μg/m3. Regression models for Cu/Zn SOD include 20 subjects and 74 observations in the soy oil group and 24 subjects and 90 observations in the fish oil group; for LPO, 21 subjects and 51 observations in the soy oil group and 21 subjects and 55 observations in the fish oil group; for GSH, 20 subjects and 76 observations in the soy oil group and 23 subjects and 86 observations in the fish oil group.

a

Reference category: presupplementation.

b

Linear relationship; indoor (PM2.5)2 does not apply.

c

Square root transformed.

d

Log transformed.