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Table 1 Exposure of Healthy Subjects to Ozone

From: Antioxidant components of naturally-occurring oils exhibit marked anti-inflammatory activity in epithelial cells of the human upper respiratory system

    

Change in Inflammatory Cell Counts*

Pre- to Post-Ozone

Subject #

Age (Yrs)

Gender

 

Arm 1

(Sham Treatment)

Arm 2

(Test Oil Treatment)

1

24

M

 

1099

-110

2

33

M

 

2503

-314

4

25

M

 

1825

34

5

30

F

 

666

-1209

6

27

M

 

70

-2581

7

22

M

 

701

-435

9

28

M

 

516

-361

   

Mean (SEM)

1054 (317)

-711 (346)†

  1. *Inflammatory cell counts expressed as number/ml lavage fluid returned.
  2. †Significantly different from sham treatment (P < 0.001) by paired t analysis.