Association between atmospheric pollutant levels and oxidative stress in pregnant women and newborns in Urumqi

BMC Public Health

Table 5 The correlation between air pollutant concentration with maternal and neonatal PAHs, maternal and neonatal 8-OHdG levels

	AQI	PM_2.5	PM₁₀	SO₂	NO₂	CO	O₃
Maternal ΣPAHs	0.196^*	0.181^*	0.226^*	0.301^*	0.220^*	0.199^*	-0.171^*
Newborn ΣPAHs	0.364^*	0.358^*	0.329^*	0.389^*	0.359^*	0.364^*	-0.275^*
8-OHdG in maternal venous blood	0.131	0.128	0.142^*	0.192^*	0.147^*	0.146^*	-0.123
8-OHdG in maternal urine	0.471^*	0.444^*	0.542^*	0.793^*	0.553^*	0.508^*	-0.441^*
8-OHdG in neonatal umbilical cord blood	0.409^*	0.385^*	0.454^*	0.645^*	0.453^*	0.430^*	-0.351^*

Note: * P < 0.05.ΣPAHs represents the total content of 16 PAHs. 1: Naphthalene; 2: Acenaphthylene; 3: Acenaphthene; 4: Fluorene; 5: Phenanthrene; 6: Anthracene; 7: Fluoranthene; 8: Pyrene; 9: Benzo[a ]pyrene; 10: Chrysene; 11: Benzo [g, h, i] peryleme; 12: Benzo[a]anthracene; 13: Benzo [b] fluaranthene; 14: Benzo [k] fluaranthene; 15: Indeno [1,2 ,3-cd] pyrene; 16: Dibenz [a, h] anthracene

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