Matthews, Ian Price, Henderson, Katrina A., Gregory, Clive James ![]() |
Abstract
We hypothesized that different types of residential heating would be associated with different levels of indoor carbon monoxide (CO) and further that this might result in a differential in the concentration of cyclic 3′:5′ guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) in blood platelets in exposed residents. Individuals, who were recruited from homes using different fuel for heating, donated a venous blood sample in the winter and in the summer. In the winter the median blood platelet cGMP value for the group using liquid propane gas (LPG) was 65% higher than for the group using piped natural gas for heating (p <0.001). Also in the group using LPG, the median concentration of cGMP in the winter was 39% higher than the summer median (p < 0.003). The mean indoor concentrations of CO were measured over a period of 1 week during the winter and were <1 ppm. We conclude that observed differences were associated with emissions from different types of heating but that CO exposure alone is too low to explain these.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | carbon monoxide, cyclic guanosine monophosphate, blood platelets |
Publisher: | Informa Healthcare |
ISSN: | 1354-750X |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2022 14:13 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28962 |
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