Table 3. Mean and within-day standard deviation (stdwd) of meteorological and air pollutant factors, averaged over specific hospital-days stratified by temperature (T) and air pressure (AP).
high T (>26 °C) | mild T (21–26 °C) | low T (<21 °C) | p value! | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
low AP (<1009 hpa) | high AP (≥1009 hpa) | low AP | high AP | low AP | high AP | |||
Number of hospital-days | 6288 | 748 | 2274 | 3021 | 164 | 6537 | ‒ | |
RH | Mean | 73.54 ± 6.47 | 75.61 ± 4.55 | 73.47 ± 10.18 | 72.97 ± 8.21 | 79.05 ± 6.38 | 72.2 ± 9.89 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 8.71 | 8.78 | 8.8 | 8.94 | 7.23 | 8.21 | ||
CO | Mean | 0.48 ± 0.24 | 0.6 ± 0.25 | 0.58 ± 0.27 | 0.62 ± 0.26 | 0.57 ± 0.26 | 0.65 ± 0.46 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.3 | 0.22 | 0.3 | ||
NO2 | Mean | 15.92 ± 7.2 | 19.08 ± 7.62 | 20.51 ± 8.27 | 22.19 ± 8.48 | 20.18 ± 8.58 | 22.12 ± 8.2 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 7.06 | 8.07 | 8.79 | 9.25 | 8.68 | 9.08 | ||
PM10 | Mean | 50.06 ± 22.44 | 71.48 ± 31.3 | 64.24 ± 30.96 | 72.51 ± 41.43 | 56.19 ± 33.36 | 66.69 ± 34.72 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 14.81 | 21.48 | 22.74 | 22.41 | 20.24 | 22.17 | ||
PM2.5 | Mean | 29.57 ± 13.9 | 41.18 ± 19.25 | 37.08 ± 17.14 | 40.28 ± 21.51 | 35.1 ± 22.29 | 37.19 ± 18.62 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 9.51 | 12.64 | 12.55 | 12.55 | 12.96 | 12.15 | ||
SO2 | Mean | 4.25 ± 2.07 | 5.16 ± 2.32 | 3.92 ± 1.91 | 4.58 ± 2.6 | 3.03 ± 1.48 | 4.12 ± 2.13 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 2.57 | 2.99 | 2.06 | 2.44 | 1.56 | 1.96 | ||
O3 | Mean | 27.88 ± 12.71 | 33.54 ± 11.16 | 33.6 ± 13.08 | 32.02 ± 10.67 | 27.48 ± 8.53 | 25.92 ± 9.09 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 16.95 | 21.56 | 17.12 | 17.98 | 13.07 | 13.16 | ||
T | Mean | 28.87 ± 1.46 | 27.24 ± 0.8 | 24.34 ± 1.26 | 23.04 ± 1.45 | 19.53 ± 1.13 | 17.59 ± 2.45 | <0.001 |
stdwd | 1.97 | 2 | 2.09 | 2.14 | 1.69 | 2.01 |
The stdwd was estimated by the hourly measurement of each day.
!: Across-strata comparison: one-way ANOVA for age and BMI, and chi-square test for gender and comorbidity proportions.