The European Hot Spot of B[a]P and PM_2.5 Exposure—The Ostrava Region, Czech Republic: Health Research Results

Table 2

Chromosomal aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes by FISH in subjects from Prague and OSTR in winters 2009 and 2010 [22] (data for controls are unexposed subjects from [12], % AB.C.: percentage of aberrant cells, 𝐹_G/100: genomic frequency of translocations/100 cells).

Genomic frequency of translocations (FISH)
	𝑁	B[a]P (ng/m^3)		% AB.C.		𝐹G/100
		2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010
Prague	60	0.80 ± 0.55	2.86 ± 1.87	0.27 ± 0.18	0.25 ± 0.15	1.43 ± 1.15	1.39 ± 1.03
Ostrava	98	2.73 ± 2.60	14.8 ± 13.3*	0.26 ± 0.19	0.22 ± 0.18	1.44 ± 1.23	1.25 ± 1.18
Controls	42	0.80 ± 0.62		0.21 ± 0.16		1.13 ± 1.01

* 𝑃<0.05.