Change in blood variables (with 95% CI) in relation to a 100 μg/m3 increase in mean daily PM10 over three days in a sample of 60 subjects, before and after adjusting for plasma albumin
| Blood variable | Direct association | Adjusted for albumin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal exposure | TEOM | Personal exposure | TEOM | ||||
| Haemoglobin (g/dl) | −0.37 | −0.6 | −0.30 | −0.46 | |||
| (−0.55 to −0.18) | (−1.06 to −0.13) | (−0.47 to −0.12) | (−0.90 to −0.02) | ||||
| p<0.001 | p = 0.012 | p<0.001 | p = 0.039 | ||||
| Packed cell volume (ratio) | −0.013 | −0.008 | −0.011 | −0.004 | |||
| (−0.019 to −0.007) | (−0.024 to +0.008) | (−0.017 to −0.005) | (−0.018 to +0.010) | ||||
| p<0.001 | p = 0.30 | p<0.001 | p = 0.61 | ||||
| Red cell count (×1012/l) | −0.10 | −0.133 | −0.087 | −0.09 | |||
| (−0.17 to −0.057) | (−0.28 to +0.01) | (−0.141 to −0.033) | (−0.23 to +0.048) | ||||
| p<0.001 | p = 0.07 | p = 0.002 | p = 0.19 | ||||