Table 2.

Granger causality tests for each meteorological variable and the weekly incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Xi’an city, northwestern China, 2009–2018

	Temperature	Precipitation	Relative humidity	Sunshine duration	Evaporation	Atmospheric pressure
F-statistic	3.808	1.996	1.353	1.297	2.469	1.041
P-value	< 0.001	0.0451	0.215	0.257	0.012	0.404