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. 2006 Nov 8;5:48. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-48

Table 4.

Time series analysis between rate of respiratory disease and pollutant.

Variables Coefficient Std. Error T-statistics p-value
AR 0.1052 0.0527 1.9979 0.0465
Pollutant(t-1) 0.0054 0.0028 1.9621 0.0505
Rain(t-1) -0.0081 0.0029 -2.8477 0.0047
Constant 1.2382 0.0586 21.1162 0.0000

Variables Coefficient Std. Error T-statistics p-value

AR 0.1113 0.0526 2.1163 0.0350
TSP(t-1) 0.0398 0.0178 2.2307 0.0262
Rain(t-1) -0.0082 0.0028 -2.8861 0.0041
Constant 1.2523 0.0509 24.5845 0.0000

Variables Coefficient Std. Error T-statistics p-value

AR 0.0994 0.0528 1.8825 0.0606
SO2(t) 0.0123 0.0056 2.1986 0.0285
Rain(t-1) -0.0079 0.0028 -2.7681 0.0059
Constant 1.2468 0.0526 23.7134 0.0000

Variables Coefficient Std. Error T-statistics p-value

AR 0.1094 0.0525 2.0829 0.0380
N0x(t-1) 0.0124 0.006 2.0837 0.0379
Rain(t-1) -0.008 0.0028 -2.83 0.0049
Constant 1.2272 0.0607 20.2065 0.0000

AR = auto-correlation term, pollutant(t-1) = total pollutant concentration on previous day, rain(t-1) = rainfall at previous day, TSP (t-1) = total suspended particle at previous day, SO2(t) = sulfur dioxide at the same day, NOx(t-1) = nitrogen oxide at previous day.