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. 2024 Oct 24;10(21):e39726. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39726

Table 2.

Pollution regression with altitude, meteorological parameters, and distance from street.

PM2.5 Simple Reg
Stepwise Reg
MEP#
Coeff (Cons) CI (95 %) Forward stepwise reg (0.20) Forward stepwise reg (0.10) Backward stepwise reg (0.20) Backward stepwise reg (0.10) Forward stepwise reg (0.1)
Height (0–500m) −0.11c (94.32) −0.14 −0.09 0.455a
Temperature −2.28c (80.5) −2.80 −1.76 6.62a 6.62a
Windspeed −32.64c (131.54) −40.33 −24.95 −38.36a −38.36a −21.99a −21.99a −34.30c
Relative humidity −0.62c (82.93) −0.81 −0.42 1.22ns 1.22ns
Distance from street −0.02c (67.22) −0.031 −0.01
R2 = 0.85
Adjust R2 = 0.75
RSME = 9.93
R2 = 0.85
Adjust R2 = 0.75
RSME = 9.93
R2 = 0.51
Adjust R2 = 0.43
RSME = 15.06
R2 = 0.51
Adjust R2 = 0.43
RSME = 15.06
R2 = 0.91
Adjust R2 = 0.89
RSME = 16.13

PM10
Simple Reg Stepwise Reg
Coeff (Cons)
CI (95 %)
Forward stepwise reg (0.20)
Forward stepwise reg (0.10)
Backward stepwise reg (0.20)
Backward stepwise reg (0.10)
Height (0–500m) −0.007ns (106.04) −0.06 0.05
Temperature 3.75c (−38.66) 2.19 5.32 5.48c 3.75c 5.48c 3.75c
Relative humidity −1.38a (72.29) −2.68 −0.08 1.10ns 1.10ns
Distance from street −1.13c (136.4) −1.45 −0.81
R2 = 0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.73
RSME = 1.61
R2 = 0.71
Adjust R2 = 0.69
RSME = 1.74
R2 = 0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.73
RSME = 1.61
R2 = 0.71
Adjust R2 = 0.69
RSME = 1.74

NO2
Simple Reg Stepwise Reg
Coeff (Cons)
CI (95 %)
Forward stepwise reg (0.20)
Forward stepwise reg (0.10)
Backward stepwise reg (0.20)
Backward stepwise reg (0.10)
Height (0–500m) 0.13c (55.58) 0.08 0.19
Temperature 5.563ns (119.77) −18.92 30.05 −17.23a −17.23a
Windspeed −1.684ns (35.13) −7.89 4.52 −19.14b −19.14b
Relative humidity 2.32c (−21.03) 1.59 3.06 2.32c 2.32c
Distance from street −0.01c (63.77) −0.02 −0.01
R2 = 
0.91
Adjust R2 = 0.88
RSME = 14.3
R2 = 
0.91
Adjust R2 = 0.88
RSME = 14.3
R2 = 0.86
Adjust R2 = 0.85
RSME = 16.22
R2 = 0.86
Adjust R2 = 0.85
RSME = 16.22

NOX
Simple Reg Stepwise Reg MEP#
Coeff (Cons)
CI (95 %)
Forward stepwise reg (0.20)
Forward stepwise reg (0.10)
Backward stepwise reg (0.20)
Backward stepwise reg (0.10)
Forward stepwise reg (0.20)
Height (0–500m) −0.11c (71.25) −0.14 −0.08
Temperature −7.32ns (274.92) −24.45 9.80
Windspeed −25.21ns (174.47) −96.49 46.05 −43.39ns
Relative humidity 2.14ns (26.7) −1.16 5.45 2.10ns 2.10ns 2.10ns 2.10ns 2.88ns
Distance from street −0.01ns (75.76) −0.03 0.002
R2 = 
0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.68
RSME = 27.70
R2 = 
0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.68
RSME = 27.70
R2 = 0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.68
RSME = 27.70
R2 = 0.77
Adjust R2 = 0.68
RSME = 27.70
R2 = 0.58
Adjust R2 = 0.42
RSME = 37.57

ns: P > 0.05.

MER#: Meteorological parameters (height, temperature, windspeed, and relative humidity).

a

P ≤ 0.05.

b

P ≤ 0.01.

c

P ≤ 0.001.