Table 3.

Correlation between number of AE in non-atopic and atopic patients with concentrations of Aspergillus, Alternaria, Cladosporium and pollens (both Salsola kali and Bermuda grass), as well as with temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure

	Number of AE Non-atopic patients			Number of AE Atopic patients
	r	95% CI	p value	r	95% CI	p value
Aspergillus	0.5649	− 0.01354 to 0.8600	0.0278*	0.633	0.09268 to 0.8853	0.014*
Alternaria	0.7416	0.2918 to 0.9228	0.0029*	0.5575	− 0.02425 to 0.8572	0.03*
Cladosporium	0.5733	− 0.001017 to 0.8632	0.0257*	0.5906	0.02515 to 0.8698	0.022*
Pollens	0.8786	0.6145 to 0.9656	< 0.0001*	0.7013	0.2131 to 0.9093	0.005*
Temperature	− 0.4989	− 0.8340 to 0.1053	0.0494*	− 0.6194	− 0.8804 to − 0.07036	0.016*
Relative humidity	0.305	− 0.4524 to 0.6746	0.1642	0.5348	− 0.05661 to 0.8484	0.037*
Atmospheric pressure	0.5032	− 0.09953 to 0.8358	0.0477*	0.5429	− 0.04519 to 0.8515	0.034*

* Difference was statistically significant