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. 2005 Dec 15;114(5):678–683. doi: 10.1289/ehp.8568

Table 2.

Cross-correlation coefficients of actual and predicted incidence rates of BFV and weather variability in Gladstone.

Variable Lag 0 Lag 1 Lag 2 Lag 3 Lag 4 Lag 5
Maximum temperature
 Actual 0.037 0.105 0.183 0.301* 0.225* 0.152
 Predicted 0.021 0.077 0.183 0.205 0.333* 0.234*
Minimum temperature
 Actual 0.216* 0.152 0.385* 0.346* 0.411* 0.228*
 Predicted 0.267* 0.178 0.254* 0.426* 0.368* 0.458*
Rainfall
 Actual −0.020 −0.166 −0.081 −0.112 −0.074 −0.129
 Predicted 0.107 −0.078 −0.079 −0.125 −0.133 −0.005
Relative humidity at 0900 hr
 Actual 0.022 −0.001 −0.057 −0.093 0.063 −0.152
 Predicted 0.243* 0.178 0.064 0.115 −0.025 0.146
High tide
 Actual −0.238* −0.131 −0.110 −0.103 −0.145 −0.180
 Predicted −0.336* −0.231* −0.169 −0.118 −0.092 −0.144
Low tide
 Actual −0.368* −0.313* −0.163 −0.087 −0.197 −0.240*
 Predicted −0.342* −0.339* −0.281* −0.176 −0.066 −0.224
*

p-Value < 0.05.