Table 3

Correlations between concentrations of air pollution and exercise-induced asthma (EIA) in the sample of children who had a clinical examination during the same week as air quality assessments (n=4643)

Air pollutantnCorrelation coefficient*p Value
NO242540.0220.1555
PM2.540510.061<0.001
Formaldehyde4374−0.0180.2257
Acetaldehyde4374−0.0250.0945
Acrolein35510.038<0.0253
  • * When less than 10 children were examined by the doctor in a classroom during a week, the median value of the concentrations of pollutants measured during the same week and the mean prevalence of EIA in the entire school were taken.

  • NO2, nitrogen dioxide; PM2.5, fine particles with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm.