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. 2021 Jan 22;7:597375. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.597375

Table 1.

Correlation analysis between the meteorological factors and the incidence of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in Xiamen City, China.

Variant Lag0 Lag1 Lag2 Lag3 Lag4 Lag5 Lag6 Lag7 Lag8 Lag9 Lag10
r p r p r p r P r p r p r p r p r p r p r p
Average temperature 0.596 <0.001 0.592 <0.001 0.591 <0.001 0.596 <0.001 0.601 <0.001 0.601 <0.001 0.599 <0.001 0.594 <0.001 0.592 <0.001 0.588 <0.001 0.585 <0.001
Average relative humidity 0.176 <0.001 0.179 <0.001 0.189 <0.001 0.211 <0.001 0.234 <0.001 0.250 <0.001 0.256 <0.001 0.246 <0.001 0.239 <0.001 0.237 <0.001 0.232 <0.001
Average wind velocity 0.045 >0.05 0.052 <0.05 0.051 <0.05 0.041 >0.05 0.023 >0.05 0.016 >0.05 0.003 >0.05 0.001 >0.05 0.006 >0.05 −0.003 >0.05 0.002 >0.05
Amount of precipitation 0.043 >0.05 0.036 >0.05 0.042 >0.05 0.058 <0.05 0.066 <0.05 0.065 <0.05 0.071 <0.05 0.076 >0.05 0.082 <0.001 0.079 >0.05 0.076 >0.05
Average air pressure −0.511 <0.001 −0.508 <0.001 −0.510 <0.001 −0.522 <0.001 −0.534 <0.001 −0.54 <0.001 −0.544 <0.001 −0.543 <0.001 −0.543 <0.001 −0.542 <0.001 −0.544 <0.001
Evaporation capacity 0.258 <0.001 0.263 <0.001 0.266 <0.001 0.247 <0.001 0.223 <0.001 0.210 <0.001 0.199 <0.001 0.205 <0.001 0.207 <0.001 0.205 <0.001 0.207 <0.001
Sunshine duration 0.130 <0.001 0.125 <0.001 0.120 <0.001 0.103 <0.001 0.093 <0.001 0.091 <0.001 0.084 <0.001 0.086 <0.001 0.079 <0.05 0.082 <0.001 0.084 <0.001