Table 2

Ambient pollution and meteorological variables during breath sampling

PollutantNoMeanMaxPercentileInterquartile range
25th75th
*Single samples collected from the study room coincident with each breath sampling.
PM2.5 (μg/m3)
    1 hour mean26119.5105.87.625.517.9
    24 hour mean29119.757.89.727.417.7
Ambient NO (ppb)
    1 hour mean21615.0215.31.616.114.5
    24 hour mean24411.270.72.314.211.9
Indoor NO (ppb)
    Study room*29324.4137.22.932.629.6
NO2 (ppb)
    1 hour mean1409.232.94.712.88.1
    24 hour mean17910.923.87.314.67.3
O3 (ppb)
    1 hour mean23619.861.68.627.518.9
    24 hour mean26515.332.29.720.210.6
SO2 (ppb)
    1 hour mean25214.8233.93.715.211.5
    24 hour mean28712.550.95.416.911.5
Temperature (°C)
    24 hour mean2997.019.41.413.111.6