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. 2009 Apr 16;8:16. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-16

Table 5.

Land use regression model results for BTEX compounds

Variables Benzene Toluene Ethylbenzene (M+P) xylene O – xylene BTEX
Intercept -1.086 ± 0.141 0.486 ± 0.092, 5.258** -1.879 ± 0.127, -14.758** -1.079 ± 0.127, -8529** -2.009 ± 0.144, -13.996** 0.587 ± 0.119, 4.927**

Industry 1600 m 0.005 ± 0.001 (0.640), 9.409** --- --- 0.003 ± 0.000 (0.339), 6.887** 0.003 ± 0.001 (0.526), 5.929 ** ---

Industry 2500 m --- --- --- --- --- 0.002 ± 0.001 (0.464), 9.095**

Industry 2600 m --- --- 0.002 ± 0.000 (0.570), 10.084 ** --- --- ---

Industry 2800 m --- 0.002 ± 0.000 (0.558), 8.181 ** --- --- --- ---

Open 600 m --- -0.007 ± 0.002 (0.119), -3.444 ** --- --- --- ---

Dwelling 1200 m 0.002 ± 0.001(0.066), 3.153 ** --- --- 0.004 ± 0.001 (0.398),7.379 ** 0.003 ± 0.001 (0.219), 5.724 ** ---

Dwelling 1400 m --- --- 0.002 ± 0.001 (0.157), 4.081 ** --- --- 0.003 ± 0.000 (0.224), 4.997**

Highway 800 m 0.076 ± 0.024(0.073), 3.162 ** 0.094 ± 0.021 (0.134), 4.543 ** 0.079 ± 0.022 (0.081), 3.611** 0.062 ± 0.021 (0.060), 2.926** 0.062 ± 0.022 (0.056), 2.889 ** ---

Highway 900 m --- --- --- --- --- 0.079 ± 0.018 (0.126), 4.418**

Model R2 0.779(0.757) 0.811 (0.792) 0.808 (0.790) 0.797 (0.776) 0.800 (0.780) 0.813 (0.794)b

Average VIFc 1.01 1.13 1.07 1.01 1.13 1.05

Model validation

R2 0.75 – 0.81 0.77 – 0.86 0.79 – 0.86 0.78 – 0.81 0.77 – 0.79 0.80 – 0.84

RMSEd 0.25 – 0.87 μg/m3 0.16 – 0.55 μg/m3 0.14 – 0.17 μg/m3 0.27 – 0.42 μg/m3 0.07 – 0.21 μg/m3 0.58 – 1.48 μg/m3

Note: a C = coefficient, SE = Standard Error, Cont = R2 contribution; b Numbers in brackets are adjusted R2; c VIF = Variance Inflation Factor;

** Significant at 95%; c RMSE = Root mean square error