Pollutants¶ | PM2.5 | PM10 | NO2 | O3 |
PM2.5 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.61 | |
PM10 | 0.72 | 0.49 | 0.59 | |
NO2 | 0.65 | 0.55 | 0.15 | |
O3 | -0.05 | 0.06 | -0.4 |
PM2.5: particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 µm; PM10: particles with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of 10 µm. #: Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between any two pollutants. The data in bold represents correlations during the warm season (March 16, 2005 to June 30, 2005), whereas the un-bolded data shows correlations in the cold season (October 1, 2004 to March 15, 2005). ¶: correlations are estimated using 24-h averages over a 30-day lag before each subject's exhaled nitric oxide fraction (FeNO) measurement except ozone, which used averages of 10:00–18:00 h ozone concentrations over a 30-day lag prior to FeNO testing.