Asthma Risk Associated with Indoor Mold Contamination in Hispanic Communities in Eastern Coachella Valley, California
Table 5
Comparison of the average (AVG) concentration, as cell equivalents (CE) per mg of dust, of the 36 Environmental Relative Moldiness Index mold populations in the residences in Mecca and Coachella, California.
Mecca AVG CE/mg dust
Coachella AVG CE/mg dust
Wilcoxon value
Group 1 molds
Aspergillus flavus
1221
29
0.55
Aspergillus fumigatus
361
36
0.57
Aspergillus niger
1668
964
0.005
Aspergillus ochraceus
229
12
<0.001
Aspergillus penicillioides
44
25
0.18
Aspergillus restrictus
3
2
0.42
Aspergillus sclerotiorum
0
0
0.38
Aspergillus sydowii
22027
20
<0.001
Aspergillus unguis
555
10
0.19
Aspergillus versicolor
748
8
<0.001
Aureobasidium pullulans
126
133
0.72
Chaetomium globosum
4
2
0.96
Cladosporium sphaerospermum
113
26
0.47
Eurotium amstelodami
2347
187
0.001
Paecilomyces variotii
74
15
0.002
Penicillium brevicompactum
11
9
0.11
Penicillium corylophilum
17
165
0.92
Penicillium crustosum
154
7
0.13
Penicillium purpurogenum
5
6
0.92
Penicillium spinulosum
0
0
0.92
Penicillium variabile
17
7
0.85
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
279
3
0.11
Scopulariopsis chartarum
193
9
0.11
Stachybotrys chartarum
123
4
<0.001
Trichoderma viride
0
5
0.9
Wallemia sebi
90
55
0.02
Group 2 molds
Acremonium strictum
1
1
0.9
Alternaria alternata
2576
79
0.009
Aspergillus ustus
1719
6
0.24
Cladosporium cladosporioides 1
82
98
0.94
Cladosporium cladosporioides 2
123
60
0.52
Cladosporium herbarum
155
209
0.16
Epicoccum nigrum
85
115
0.46
Mucor group
48
22
0.12
Penicillium chrysogenum 2
6057
25
0.11
Rhizopus stolonifer
71
22
0.26
The statistical analysis of the differences in concentrations of 36 individual mold species was evaluated by the Mann–Whitney rank sum test. These differences were then corrected for multiple comparisons using the Holms–Bonferroni test. Only molds bolded were significantly different.
