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Table 4 Linear regression of log10-transformed blood furan levels and COPD risk with WBCs

From: Inflammation mediates the association between furan exposure and the prevalence and mortality of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013–2018

WBCs

(1000 cells/uL)

Furan

 

COPD

β (95%CI)

P-value

 

β (95%CI)

P-value

Lymphocyte

3.80 × 10− 1 (2.00 × 10− 1– 5.61 × 10− 1)

< 0.001

 

-3.82 × 10− 4 (-1.06 × 10− 3– 3.01 × 10− 4)

0.264

Monocytes

7.19 × 10− 2 (3.84 × 10− 2– 1.05 × 10− 1)

< 0.001

 

4.93 × 10− 2 (1.82 × 10− 2– 8.04 × 10− 2)

0.003

Neutrophils

8.78 × 10− 1 (5.69 × 10− 1– 1.19 × 100)

< 0.001

 

5.81 × 10− 3 (2.37 × 10− 3– 9.26 × 10− 3)

0.002

Eosinophils

1.29 × 10− 2 (-2.88 × 10− 2– 5.46 × 10− 2)

0.533

 

4.11 × 10− 2 (-1.79 × 10− 2– 1.00 × 10− 1)

0.166

Basophils

1.81 × 10− 2 (9.86 × 10− 3– 2.64 × 10− 2)

< 0.001

 

1.95 × 10− 1 (9.84 × 10− 2– 2.91 × 10− 1)

< 0.001

  1. Adjusted for cotinine, age, gender, marital status, ethnicity, educational attainment, past-year alcohol drinking, and BMI. Abbreviations: WBCs, white blood cells; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval
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