The LINA Study: Higher Sensitivity of Infant Compared to Maternal Eosinophil/Basophil Progenitors to Indoor Chemical Exposures

Table 4

Correlation of indoor smoked cigarettes per day and IL-3-, IL-5-, or GM-CSF-stimulated eosinophil/basophil (Eo/B) colony forming units (CFUs) in peripheral blood of two-year-old children and their mothers. Data are shown as Spearman’s rank correlations; values < 0.05 are considered to be significant and printed in bold.

	Eo/B CFUs mother						Eo/B CFUs child
	IL-3		IL-5		GM-CSF		IL-3		IL-5		GM-CSF
Number of smoked cigarettes/day in dwelling	0.131	0.194					0.007	0.330	0.096	0.208	0.011	0.339

Reduced number of cases; see Table A.1 of the Supplementary Data.