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Table 1 Mean blood pressure measurements after exposure to PM2.5 (independent-sample t test)

From: PM2.5 exposure induced renal injury via the activation of the autophagic pathway in the rat and HK-2 cell

Weeks

The mean blood pressure (MBP)

PM2.5

FA

p value

Basal

78.97 ± 0.96

77.51 ± 0.55

0.202

WK-1

77.72 ± 1.04

79.98 ± 0.94

0.131

WK-2

84.16 ± 0.89

84.10 ± 1.14

0.969

WK-3

84.92 ± 0.83

86.24 ± 0.83

0.281

WK-4

101.99 ± 3.37

102.86 ± 2.12

0.601

WK-5

109.53 ± 1.20

101.09 ± 1.76

0.002

WK-6

105.24 ± 1.79

104.97 ± 1.31

0.904

WK-7

112.41 ± 1.62

106.16 ± 1.05

0.006

WK-8

112.61 ± 1.38

105.91 ± 1.23

0.003

WK-9

105.34 ± 2.38

106.83 ± 3.36

0.727

WK-10

110.81 ± 1.33

104.93 ± 1.25

0.005

WK-11

108.50 ± 1.51

107.42 ± 1.41

0.641

WK-12

114.46 ± 1.34

108.09 ± 0.91

0.001