Table 1.
Mixed-effects multiple linear regression of the associations of normalized COVID-19 cases with meteorological and air quality factors including adjustment for covariates.
| Fixed effects | Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | Model 4d | |||||||
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Estimate (SE) | P value | Estimate (SE) | P value | Estimate (SE) | P value | Estimate (SE) | P value | |||
| Average temperature (°C) | –15.41 (2.55) | .001 | –21.44 (7.47) | .004 | —e | — | –27.90 (7.72) | .001 | |||
| Sunlight hours | –45.31 (9.50) | .001 | –12.55 (15.04) | .40 | — | — | –8.86 (15.31) | .56 | |||
| UV index | –201.24 (27.53) | .001 | –257.41 (71.06) | .001 | — | — | 249.03 (71.84) | .05 | |||
| Wind speed | 7.934 (10.81) | .46 | 16.72 (11.27) | .13 | — | — | 16.71 (12.00) | .02 | |||
| Humidity | –0.071 (1.42) | .96 | –1.99 (1.81) | .27 | — | — | 1.9 8 (1.94) | .31 | |||
| Pressure | 17.64 (2.51) | .001 | 20.35 (5.51) | .001 | — | — | 24.32 (5.58) | .05 | |||
| AQIf | –1.45 (0.67) | .03 | — | — | –0.05 (0.88) | .94 | 0.11 (0.89) | .90 | |||
| PM2.5g | 4.71 (0.99) | .001 | — | — | 4.28 (1.35) | .15 | 2.96 (1.36) | .05 | |||
| PM10h | 0.36 (0.47) | .43 | — | — | 0.49 (0.58) | .39 | 0.52 (0.58) | .36 | |||
| SO2i | 6.93 (6.01) | .24 | — | — | 18.41 (6.75) | .64 | 22.06 (6.94) | .14 | |||
| NO2j | 1.88 (1.612) | .24 | — | — | 8.69 (1.97) | .14 | 10.21 (2.07) | .07 | |||
| O3k | 2.29 (0.77) | .002 | — | — | 2.09 (0.8) | .008 | 0.56 (0.86) | .51 | |||
| COl | 375.4 (75.5) | .001 | — | — | 471.52 (101.55) | .001 | 564.31 (107.99) | .001 | |||
aModel 1 includes each of the fixed effects run in 12 separate models.
bModel 2 includes all meteorological covariates considered simultaneously.
cModel 3 includes all air quality covariates considered simultaneously.
dModel 4 includes all 12 environmental indicators considered simultaneously.
eExcluded from model.
fAQI: air quality index.
gPM2.5: fine particulate matter.
hPM10: coarse particulate matter.
iSO2: sulfur dioxide.
jNO2: nitrogen dioxide.
kO3: ozone.
lCO: carbon monoxide.