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.