Table 2.
Coefficient for the relationship between daily environmental variables and hospital emergency admissions.
| Variable | Tem. (lag0–14) |
RH (lag0–14) |
PM2.5 (lag0) |
BC (lag0) |
SO2 (lag2) |
NO2 (lag2) |
Res. | Car. | Ocu. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tem. (lag0–14) | 1.000 | ||||||||
| RH (lag0–14) | −0.046 | 1.000 | |||||||
| PM2.5 (lag0) | −0.119 | 0.137 | 1.000 | ||||||
| BC (lag0) | −0.118 | 0.110 | 0.920 ** | 1.000 | |||||
| SO2 (lag2) | −0.145 | 0.155 | 0.186 | 0.179 | 1.000 | ||||
| NO2 (lag2) | −0.159 | 0.291 ** | 0.204 | 0.193 | 0.914 ** | 1.000 | |||
| Res. | −0.442 ** | −0.019 | 0.033 | 0.032 | 0.183 | 0.164 | 1.000 | ||
| Car. | −0.220 * | 0.090 | 0.171 | 0.169 | −0.095 | −0.029 | 0.080 | 1.000 | |
| Ocu. | −0.078 | −0.017 | −0.099 | −0.123 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.576 ** | 0.025 | 1.000 |
Note: Spearman rank correlation analysis, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.