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

Table 3E.

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

Weather variable Acidosis p-value
No Yes
Mean SD Mean SD
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily minimum 22.18 4.26 23.17 3.42 0.043
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily maximum 36.84 5.87 39.08 5.13 0.001
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily mean 28.90 4.89 30.62 4.07 0.003
Relative humidity % 2 m daily minimum 19.00 9.00 17.00 8.00 ns
Relative humidity % 2 m daily maximum 71.00 18.00 69.00 18.00 ns
Relative humidity % 2 m daily mean 44.93 14.30 42.64 13.98 ns
Precipitation total mm sfc daily summation 0.31 1.64 0.11 0.37 ns
Cloud cover total % sfc daily mean 22.31 26.05 17.26 21.73 ns
Sunshine duration min sfc daily summation 613.93 201.00 654.23 168.03 ns
Shortwave Radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 6904.68 1262.54 7335.36 1015.49 0.003
Direct shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 4412.80 1072.20 4729.86 913.11 0.011
Evapotranspiration mm sfc daily summation 0.36 0.24 0.33 0.21 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily minimum 2.79 2.60 3.18 3.05 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily maximum 15.40 4.62 15.49 5.41 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily mean 8.27 3.28 8.62 3.79 ns
Wind direction dominant ° 10 m daily none 193.93 115.31 199.48 105.55 ns
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily minimum 24.03 5.75 25.90 4.94 0.005
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily maximum 34.57 5.70 36.70 5.12 0.002
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily mean 28.96 5.68 30.97 4.87 0.002
Temperature °C sfc daily minimum 19.80 4.05 20.79 3.47 0.037
Temperature °C sfc daily maximum 44.60 6.66 47.17 5.85 0.001
Temperature °C sfc daily mean 30.56 4.90 32.44 4.07 0.001