Table 4.
Estimated Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ρ̂h) for the Four Exposures.*
| Clean Air | DE | O3 | DE+O3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systolic BP | 0.730 | 0.427 | 0.644 | 0.136 |
| Diastolic BP | 0.387 | 0.187 | 0.229 | 0.435 |
| FEV1 | 0.927 | 0.994 | 0.869 | 0.620 |
| FVC | 0.999 | 0.996 | 0.896 | 0.835 |
| IL-2 | 0.780 | 0.716 | 0.871 | 0.640 |
| IL-4 | 0.413 | 0.563 | 0.983 | 0.826 |
| IL-5 | 0.843 | 0.722 | 0.913 | 0.744 |
| IL-8 | 0.139 | 0.843 | 0.429 | 0.271 |
| IL-12p70 | 0.895 | 0.633 | 0.950 | 0.889 |
| IFN-γ | 0.982 | 0.934 | 0.924 | 0.754 |
| TNF-α | 0.902 | 0.913 | 0.744 | 0.683 |
ρ̂h ranges from 0 to 1, where “0” is only within-person variance, “0.5” is an equal division between within and between person variance, and “1” is only between-person variance.