Table 4.
Correlation analysis between R0 and air quality factors in low, medium and high flow.
| Air quality factors | Low flow (n = 9) | Medium flow (n = 10) | High flow (n = 10) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | Coefficient | P | |
| AQI | 0.019a | 0.961 | −0.149a | 0.681 | 0.401a | 0.251 |
| CO | 0.038a | 0.923 | 0.095a | 0.794 | 0.644a | 0.044 |
| CO_24 h | 0.036a | 0.927 | 0.100a | 0.784 | 0.661a | 0.038 |
| NO2 | −0.043a | 0.913 | −0.512a | 0.131 | −0.657a | 0.039 |
| NO2_24 h | −0.047a | 0.905 | −0.509a | 0.133 | −0.645a | 0.044 |
| O3 | 0.114a | 0.770 | −0.143a | 0.693 | 0.042a | 0.909 |
| O3_24 h | 0.004a | 0.991 | −0.135a | 0.711 | −0.213a | 0.555 |
| O3_8 h | 0.128a | 0.743 | −0.146a | 0.686 | 0.048a | 0.896 |
| O3_8 h_24 h | 0.176a | 0.650 | −0.157a | 0.665 | 0.014a | 0.970 |
| PM10 | 0.005a | 0.990 | −0.067 | 0.855 | 0.230a | 0.522 |
| PM10_24 h | 0.012a | 0.976 | −0.067 | 0.855 | 0.241a | 0.502 |
| PM2.5 | 0.053a | 0.893 | −0.152a | 0.675 | 0.459a | 0.182 |
| PM2.5_24 h | 0.052a | 0.894 | −0.141a | 0.697 | 0.469a | 0.171 |
| SO2 | 0.069a | 0.861 | 0.370 | 0.293 | −0.118a | 0.744 |
| SO2_24 h | 0.066a | 0.867 | 0.370 | 0.293 | −0.099a | 0.786 |
The correlations were quantified by Pearson correlation coefficient (designated with “a”) or with Spearman correlation coefficient (no letter designation).