Research Article

Assessing Impact of Household Intervention on Indoor Air Quality and Health of Children with Asthma in the US-Mexico Border: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Geometric means of PM2.5 concentrations between pre- and postintervention for each household.

HHTotalBedroomKitchenLiving room
PrePostDifferencePrePostDifferencePrePostDifferencePrePostDifference

17.9110.482.578.619.631.039.6111.281.675.5110.535.02
219.4918.38−1.1115.3617.171.8120.1115.00−5.1123.0022.98−0.02
311.0810.74−0.3412.3512.26−0.0913.2312.35−0.8873677.62−0.05
419.4613.27−6.1913.7611.59−2.1721.9915.67−6.3222.6212.56−10.06
516.3915.96−0.4320.2817.44−2.8415.2017.692.4913.6912.76−0.93
615.5012.81−2.6911.009.37−1.6319.2216.62−2.6016.2712.45−3.82
714.4113.50−0.9118.0013.28−4.726.347.911.5718.8919.300.41
815.1912.16−3.0317.0813.59−3.4916.7314.22−2.5111.778.68−3.09
911.589.75−1.8310.727.54−3.1812.1011.47−0.6311.9310.25−1.68
1011.2512.731.488.909.580.6813.9615.821.8610.8912.781.89
1119.8218.34−1.4818.2118.580.3722.3418.84−3.5018.9117.59−1.32
1222.0716.67−5.4023.0816.25−6.8324.5020.90−3.6018.6212.87−5.75
1320.0523.52−5.5335.3928.81−6.5823.4116.66−6.7528.3425.10−3.24
Total16.4014.48−1.9116.3614.24−2.1316.8314.96−1.8716.0114.27−1.74

Note. The two-sample t-test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used to test the improvement within each household and over 13 households between pre- and postintervention, respectively. Significant at