Table 1 Descriptive statistics of PM10 and PM2.5 exposure levels from day-1 to day-7 prior to blood drawings.

From: Blood-derived extracellular vesicles isolated from healthy donors exposed to air pollution modulate in vitro endothelial cells behavior

 

Day-1

Day-2

Day-3

Day -4

Day-5

Day-6

Day-7

PM10 (µg/m3)

High PM

CTM municipality of domicile

100 (73—146)

112 ± 23

90 ± 16

83 ± 11

77 ± 9

69 ± 18

67 ± 23

CTM municipality of Milan

119 ± 53

107 ± 26

79 ± 25

78 ± 5

75 ± 5

68 ± 6

89 ± 7

Low PM

CTM municipality of domicile

19 (18—24)

16 (11—21)

14 ± 4

18 ± 8

34 ± 22

30 ± 14

37 ± 24

CTM municipality of Milan

34 ± 18

27 ± 19

17 ± 1

27 ± 4

38 ± 27

30 ± 24

40 ± 39

PM2.5 (µg/m3)

High PM

CTM municipality of domicile

88 ± 30

86 (82—104)

72 ± 11

69 ± 10

60 ± 6

50 ± 14

47 ± 12

CTM municipality of Milan

98 ± 36

90 ± 22

72 ± 11

67 ± 12

64 ± 14

60 ± 16

67 ± 1

Low PM

CTM municipality of domicile

16 ± 9

15 ± 12

10 (9—14)

19 ± 6

29 ± 18

20 ± 13

28 ± 19

CTM municipality of Milan

23 ± 13

23 (14—31)

15 ± 2

24 ± 8

30 (22—37)

21 ± 13

33 (23—44)

  1. Continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or as median [first quartile-third quartile], if not normally distributed.