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.