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. 2022 Jan 7;19:5. doi: 10.1186/s12989-021-00445-8

Table 2.

Effects of exposure to PM2.5 on estrous cycles

Filtered aira PM2.5a
Cycle length (days) 4.3 ± 0.1 4.6 ± 0.1
% with abnormal cyclesb 0 35
% days with leukocytic cytologyc 39.2 ± 1.4 33.0 ± 2.3
% days with cornified cytology 28.1 ± 1.3 32.8 ± 3.4

aN = 20/group

bNot having 4 or 5 day cycles, P = 0.008, Fisher’s exact test

cP = 0.027, 2-way ANOVA