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Table 2 Air pollutants (annual average concentrations) and their distributions

From: Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and renal function in Korean adults

    

Percentile

Pearson’s correlation coefficients

Air pollutants

Mean

SD

IQR

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

PM10

NO2

SO2

CO

PM10 (μg/m3)

52.5

5.8

10

46

47

53

57

60

1

0.52***

0.40***

0.63***

NO2 (ppb)

25.2

6.9

12

16

19

24

31

34

1

0.16***

0.34***

SO2 (ppb)

5.5

1.1

1

4

5

5

6

7

1

0.28***

CO (ppm)

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.7

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  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, PM 10 particulate matter < 10 μm in diameter, NO 2 nitrogen dioxide, SO 2 sulfur dioxide, CO carbon monoxide
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001