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. 2021 Jan 27;18(3):1122. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031122

Table 5.

Association between PM10 exposure and the methylation of the CRY2, PER1, and PER2 genes for selected BMI values. Significant associations (p-value < 0.05) are highlighted in bold characters.

Methylation Genes Δ% (95% CI) p−Value CRY2 PER1 PER2
BMI = 25 BMI = 51 BMI = 25 BMI = 51 BMI = 25 BMI = 51
PM10 Exposure
Day 0 5.4 (1.5; 9.4) −1.2 (−6.8; 4.7) 6.9 (3.3; 10.7) −9.2 (−13.9; −4.2) 0.5 (0.1; 1) −0.2 (−0.9; 0.5)
0.007 0.673 <0.001 <0.001 0.020 0.521
Day −1 3.2 (−0.1; 6.6) −2 (−6.8; 3) 4.7 (1.2; 8.3) −8.4 (−12.5; −4.1) 0.2 (−0.2; 0.6) 0 (−0.6; 0.6)
0.058 0.424 0.009 0.000 0.370 0.958
Day −2 3.2 (−0.9; 7.5) −1.2 (−6.5; 4.4) 2.7 (−1.4; 7) −6.1 (−11; −1) 0.5 (0; 1) −0.3 (−1; 0.3)
0.129 0.665 0.192 0.021 0.059 0.352
Day −3 1.8 (−2; 5.8) 2.6 (−4.5; 10.2) 1.2 (−2.7; 5.2) −4.2 (−10.7; 2.7) 0.2 (−0.3; 0.7) −0.5 (−1.3; 0.4)
0.351 0.481 0.557 0.224 0.470 0.266
Day −4 2 (−2.2; 6.4) 1.5 (−5.3; 8.8) 0.6 (−3.5; 5) −1.8 (−8.2; 5.1) 0.2 (−0.3; 0.8) −0.6 (−1.4; 0.2)
0.352 0.676 0.765 0.598 0.349 0.163
Day −5 4 (−0.3; 8.6) −5.3 (−11.1; 0.8) 3.8 (−0.3; 8) −10.5 (−15.6; −5.1) 0 (−0.5; 0.5) −0.9 (−1.7; −0.2)
0.068 0.089 0.070 <0.001 0.985 0.011
Day −6 3.1 (−0.9; 7.2) −4.4 (−9.4; 1) 4.3 (0.5; 8.3) −9.6 (−14; −5) 0 (−0.4; 0.5) −0.9 (−1.5; −0.2)
0.134 0.110 0.026 <0.001 0.842 0.009
1 week 6.2 (0.9; 11.7) −2.5 (−9.6; 5.2) 5.2 (0.2; 10.4) −12.1 (−18.1; −5.7) 0.3 (−0.3; 0.9) −0.7 (−1.6; 0.1)
0.021 0.506 0.043 <0.001 0.318 0.100