Table 2.
Black Carbon (μg/m3) Exposure before Lung Function Assessment for 2,410 Visits Undergone by 858 Men Participating in the Normative Aging Study, 1995–2011
| Exposure Window | Statistics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Observations | Mean ± SD | 5th, 95th Percentiles | Interquartile Range | |
| 1 wk | 2,392 | 0.6 ± 0.4 | 0.2, 1.4 | 0.42 |
| 1 yr | 2,410 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.3, 1.2 | 0.39 |
| 2 yr | 2,175 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.3, 1.2 | 0.37 |
| 3 yr | 1,943 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.3, 1.1 | 0.37 |
| 4 yr | 1,720 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.3, 1.1 | 0.35 |
| 5 yr | 1,508 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.3, 1.1 | 0.34 |