Correlation between amount of dust sampled, endotoxin,β(1,3)-glucan, and extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) levels per g of dust (upper triangular matrix) and per m2 (lower triangular matrix) for the child's mattress and the living-room floor
| Child's mattress | Living-room floor | |||||||
| Dust | Endotoxin | β(1,3)-glucan | EPS | Dust | Endotoxin | β(1,3)-glucan | EPS | |
| Germany | ||||||||
| Dust | 1.00 | -0.09 | -0.06 | 0.36 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.58 |
| Endotoxin | 0.66 | 1.00 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 0.47 |
| β(1,3)-glucan | 0.85 | 0.67 | 1.00 | -0.05 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 1.00 | 0.20 |
| EPS | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 1.00 |
| the Netherlands | ||||||||
| Dust | 1.00 | -0.23 | -0.12 | 0.32 | 1.00 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.70 |
| Endotoxin | 0.64 | 1.00 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.47 | 0.54 |
| β(1,3)glucan | 0.81 | 0.56 | 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.32 |
| EPS | 0.72 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 1.00 |
| Sweden | ||||||||
| Dust | 1.00 | -0.01 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 1.00 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.66 |
| Endotoxin | 0.57 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.38 |
| β(1,3)glucan | 0.82 | 0.59 | 1.00 | 0.19 | 0.92 | 0.72 | 1.00 | 0.28 |
| EPS | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 1.00 |