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. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e88455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088455

Table 5. Induced sputum gene expression of study participants.

Gene copies per 104 copies of GAPDH Chimney stove Open fire p-value
TNF-α (median, IQR) 299 (111, 509) 682 (165, 1566) 0.12
(n = 29) (n = 14) (n = 15)
IL-8 (median, IQR) 519 (20, 2016) 575 (268, 1349) 0.55
(n = 29) (n = 14) (n = 15)
MMP-12 (median, IQR) 0.01 (0.005, 0.08) 0.10 (0.02, 0.22) 0.17
(n = 27) (n = 14) (n = 13)
MMP-9 (median, IQR) 0.002 (0.0008, 0.006) 0.01 (0.003, 2.96) 0.01
(n = 22) (n = 12) (n = 10)

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.