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. 2012 Mar 20;12:32. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-32

Table 2.

Correlation of meteorological factors with RSV cases

Meteorological factors Range Mean ± standard deviation Spearman correlation coefficient p Multiple regression coefficient (B) p
Temperature (°C) 25.7-29.6 27.4 ± 0.7 -0.116 0.037* -2.426 < 0.001**
Relative humidity (%) 71.6-86.8 79.7 ± 3.0 -0.082 0.141 -1.070 < 0.001**
Rain days (n) 4.5-28.5 16.9 ± 4.7 0.147 0.008* 0.469 < 0.001**
Pressure (hPa) 1007.1-1013.2 1009.8 ± 0.9 0.095 0.089 NS
Rainfall (mm) 10.4-585.9 235.9 ± 112.2 0.102 0.067 NS
UV radiance (Mjm-2) 11.2-20.1 15.9 ± 1.5 0.010 0.857 NS

NS, Not significant

* p < 0.05.

** The combined R2 for temperature, relative humidity, and rain days was 0.143.