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

Table 5

Correlation of indoor volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations 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. Shown are aromatic VOCs as well as the sum of all analysed VOCs. Data are presented as Spearman’s rank correlations; values < 0.05 are considered to be significant and printed in bold.

VOCs	Eo/B CFUs mother						Eo/B CFUs child
	IL-3		IL-5		GM-CSF		IL-3		IL-5		GM-CSF
	Benzene	0.029	0.275	0.076	0.299	0.544	0.206	0.101	0.202	0.036	0.258	0.036	0.281
Toluene	0.899	0.016	0.834	0.036	0.779	0.096	0.750	0.040	0.314	0.126	0.433	0.107
m + p-Xylene	0.872	0.021	0.957	0.009	0.447	0.256	0.418	0.101	0.006	0.332	0.017	0.318
o-Xylene	0.483	0.090	0.882	−0.026	0.472	0.243	0.174	0.168	0.005	0.345	0.002	0.407
Styrene	0.777	0.037	0.282	−0.184	0.728	0.119	0.830	0.027	0.507	0.083	0.807	0.033
Sum of all VOCs	0.093	0.213	0.848	0.033	0.148	0.467	0.045	0.246	0.013	0.303	0.047	0.267