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. 2014 Jan 7;122(3):242–248. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1206136

Table 2.

Air pollution, temperature, and water vapor pressure among all observations (24-hr average and 5-day average values before each study visit).

Variable Observations (n) Mean Percentile Maximum IQR
25th 50th 75th
Ambient PM2.5 (μg/m3)
24 hr 278 8.37 5.52 7.38 9.58 26.69 4.06
5 day 279 8.51 6.47 7.61 9.62 21.10 3.14
Indoor continuous PM2.5 (μg/m3)
24 hr 258 7.11 3.73 5.04 7.96 56.43 4.23
5 day 260 8.93 5.02 7.11 10.51 52.88 5.49
Home/trip–integrated PM2.5 (μg/m3)
5 day 269 9.18 5.05 7.74 10.70 57.28 5.66
Ambient BC (μg/m3)
24 hr 279 0.61 0.41 0.54 0.76 2.62 0.35
5 day 279 0.60 0.48 0.57 0.73 1.25 0.25
Home/trip–integrated BC (μg/m3)
5 day 268 0.77 0.56 0.69 0.84 4.89 0.28
OC (μg/m3)
24 hr 231 3.03 2.07 2.85 3.82 8.91 1.75
5 day 245 3.03 2.17 2.98 3.78 6.24 1.61
EC (μg/m3)
24 hr 231 0.35 0.24 0.30 0.44 0.96 0.20
5 day 245 0.34 0.27 0.34 0.41 0.80 0.14
CO (ppm)
24 hr 279 0.28 0.21 0.27 0.34 1.00 0.13
5 day 279 0.28 0.23 0.28 0.33 0.52 0.10
NO2 (ppm)
24 hr 279 0.015 0.011 0.015 0.018 0.033 0.006
5 day 279 0.015 0.012 0.014 0.016 0.025 0.004
O3 (ppm)
24 hr 279 0.027 0.020 0.026 0.032 0.061 0.012
5 day 279 0.028 0.022 0.028 0.033 0.047 0.010
PN (1,000/cm3)
24 hr 262 13.27 9.03 12.47 17.21 32.67 8.18
5 day 265 12.95 8.92 12.43 16.16 28.39 7.24
SO42– (μg/m3)
24 hr 197 2.13 0.95 1.61 2.41 12.34 1.47
5 day 221 2.28 1.37 1.82 2.72 7.08 1.34
Temperature (°C)
24 hr 279 13.71 6.84 14.78 21.20 29.33 14.36
5 day 279 13.68 6.84 15.10 20.99 26.39 14.15
Water vapor pressure (hPa)
24 hr 279 11.41 6.18 10.53 16.32 24.99 10.14
5 day 279 11.49 6.72 10.63 16.06 24.63 9.34
Summary data were based on imputed data for ambient PM2.5 and ambient BC.