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

Table 3C.

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

Weather variable Acute kidney injury p-value
No Yes
Mean SD Mean SD
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily minimum 22.18 4.23 23.20 3.57 0.038
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily maximum 36.95 5.97 38.64 4.83 0.015
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily mean 28.95 4.92 30.42 3.97 0.01
Relative humidity % 2 m daily minimum 19.00 9.00 18.00 7.00 ns
Relative humidity % 2 m daily maximum 72.00 18.00 67.00 18.00 ns
Relative humidity % 2 m daily mean 45.11 14.37 41.90 13.52 ns
Precipitation total mm sfc daily summation 0.31 1.64 0.14 0.42 ns
Cloud cover total % sfc daily mean 21.96 25.70 18.59 23.52 ns
Sunshine duration min sfc daily summation 618.12 196.51 638.05 190.41 ns
Shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 6944.16 1250.10 7183.31 1120.31 ns
Direct shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 4443.32 1058.58 4612.11 1002.74 ns
Evapotranspiration mm sfc daily summation 0.35 0.24 0.36 0.21 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily minimum 2.84 2.66 2.99 2.88 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily maximum 15.44 4.71 15.33 5.11 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily mean 8.31 3.35 8.45 3.53 ns
Wind direction dominant ° 10 m daily none 193.67 114.86 200.58 107.30 ns
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily minimum 24.15 5.78 25.46 4.95 ns
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily maximum 34.68 5.80 36.31 4.79 0.016
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily mean 29.03 5.72 30.71 4.77 0.012
Temperature °C sfc daily minimum 19.81 4.03 20.76 3.57 0.046
Temperature °C sfc daily maximum 44.77 6.78 46.50 5.54 0.029
Temperature °C sfc daily mean 30.64 4.95 32.13 3.96 0.01