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. 2021 Mar 19;9:618828. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.618828

Table 3B.

Difference in day-of-admission weather variables in Dubai City between COVID-19 patients' clinical outcomes: Acute cardiac injury.

Weather variable Acute cardiac injury p-value
No Yes
Mean SD Mean SD
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily minimum 22.08 4.24 23.43 3.49 0.004
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily maximum 36.75 5.96 39.17 4.73 0
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily mean 28.81 4.93 30.77 3.89 0
Relative humidity % 2 m daily minimum 19.00 9.00 17.00 7.00 0.014
Relative humidity % 2 m daily maximum 72.00 18.00 68.00 18.00 ns
Relative humidity % 2 m daily mean 45.19 14.53 41.94 12.99 0.048
Precipitation total mm sfc daily summation 0.32 1.66 0.10 0.36 ns
Cloud cover total % sfc daily mean 22.39 25.78 17.45 23.22 ns
Sunshine duration min sfc daily summation 614.48 197.32 648.59 186.44 ns
Shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 6903.76 1268.17 7298.58 1023.49 0.005
Direct shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 4409.61 1074.61 4711.49 920.49 0.012
Evapotranspiration mm sfc daily summation 0.36 0.24 0.33 0.20 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily minimum 2.79 2.63 3.17 2.92 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily maximum 15.41 4.66 15.45 5.22 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily mean 8.31 3.34 8.45 3.56 ns
Wind direction dominant ° 10 m daily none 194.25 115.45 197.88 106.02 ns
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily minimum 23.98 5.77 25.90 4.90 0.003
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily maximum 34.49 5.80 36.79 4.70 0
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily mean 28.87 5.74 31.09 4.64 0.001
Temperature °C sfc daily minimum 19.74 4.05 20.93 3.46 0.008
Temperature °C sfc daily maximum 44.50 6.74 47.26 5.53 0
Temperature °C sfc daily mean 30.48 4.93 32.55 3.94 0