Table 1.

Correlation matrix between Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), North America land temperature anomaly (TA), and asthma death rates for the four age groups.

	AMO	PDO	TA	5/14	15/24	25/34	35/44
AMO		0.342	5.40E-08	0.051	0.235	2.06E-08	1.17E-10
PDO	−0.119		0.308	0.210	0.170	0.398	0.653
TA	0.610	0.127		0.663	0.839	0.03515	0.0065
5/14	0.241	0.156	0.055		2.88E-16	3.15E-10	7.49E-10
15/24	0.148	0.171	0.025	0.807		3.76E-10	9.40E-08
25/34	0.625	−0.106	0.260	0.681	0.679		1.77E-27
35/44	0.693	−0.056	0.332	0.670	0.601	0.918

Bold and italic numbers indicates the significant p values < 0.05 and the relative correlation coefficients respectively.