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. 2024 Mar 25;13:e43585. doi: 10.2196/43585

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

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.