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. 2014 May 2;9(5):e96524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096524

Table 4. Coefficients of linear regression of the biological markers for 10 µg/m3 units of increase of PM10, PM2.5 and NO2 concentration.

Same day Weeks preceding biological sampling
1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks
PM 10 PM 2.5 NO2 PM 10 PM 2.5 NO2 PM 10 PM 2.5 NO2 PM 10 PM 2.5 NO2
MN −0.01 −0.00 0.00 0.01* 0.01 0.03** 0.00 0.00 0.02 −0.01 −0.03** −0.01
Nuclear buds −0.00 0.00 0.08* 0.01*** 0.01** 0.01*** 0.00 0.00 0.01** −0.00 −0.00 0.00
Binucleated cells −0.00 −0.00 0.01 0.01** 0.01* 0.02** 0.01** 0.02** 0.03*** 0.00 0.00 0.03**
Basal cells 0.02 0.00 0.10 0.20*** 0.15** 0.40*** 0.15** 0.26** 0.42*** 0.06 0.03 0.40**
Condensed chromatin cells 0.20 0.06 1.07*** 1.13*** 1.06*** 2.93*** 1.26*** 1.94*** 3.61*** 0.74* 0.71 3.79***
Karyorrhetic cells 0.04 −0.36** −0.26 1.73 −0.29 0.20 0.66*** 0.60 1.22** 1.05*** 1.32** 2.22***
Pyknotic cells 0.01 0.04** 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.03 −0.03 −0.01 −0.05 −0.07** −0.11** −0.12*
Karyolytic cells −0.04 0.02 −0.25 −0.48*** −0.36** −0.93*** −0.61*** −0.93*** −1.40*** −0.61** −0.71* −2.05***
Without nucleus cells 0.09* 0.07 0.12 −0.01 −0.08 0.05 −0.01 −0.04 0.03 −0.01 −0.12 −0.04

statistically significant: *p<0.05;

**p<0.01;

***p<0.001.