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. 2018 Sep 19;13(9):e0203468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203468

Table 3. Percent change in biomarker per unit increase in exposure.

Δhs-CRP ΔTNF-α ΔIL1β ΔIL6 ΔIL8 ΔsICAM ΔsVCAM ΔeNO ΔFEV1
BC 0.87 -2.09 -1.72 -2.18 -2.10 -0.08 0.50 -0.32 -0.32
OC 4.97 -1.53 -8.62 -6.35 -3.21 9.50 9.98 -2.02 -0.47
WSOC 1.88 2.29 -0.57 0.05 1.36 2.64 -0.27 0.12
pb-PAH -0.10 -0.04 -0.16 -0.46 -0.23a -0.03 0.07 -0.06 -0.02
PNC 0.50 -0.08 <0.01 -0. 78 -0.55a 0.58 0.61 -0.20 <-0.01a
Noise -0.63 -0.77a -1.07 1.21 -0.80a -0.85 -0.54 -0.14 -0.02
Al -0.05 -0.13 0.42 0.37 0.07 -0.30 -0.23 0.05 -0.02
Fe -0.03 -0.04 0.01 -0.09 -0.01 -0.04 -0.02 <-0.01 -0.01
Pb -20.14a 0.84 -7.13 -5.15 0.81 -24.21a -31.09 -0.16 0.07

PNC % change reflect change in concentration in thousands (1,000s) of particles

aIndicates p-value significant at α < 0.05;—indicates a model that did not converge