Table 3.

Correlation between daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths and particulate matter in Nuevo Leon (Mexico)

	PM10	PM2.5	Total number of cases	Male cases	Female cases	Total number of deaths	Male deaths	Female deaths
PM10	1.00
PM2.5	0.96*†‡	1.00
Total number of cases	0.53*†	0.33	1.00
Male cases	0.48*†	0.33	0.69*†‡	1.00
Female cases	0.43*	0.27	0.75*†‡	0.96*†‡	1.00
Total number of deaths	0.50*†	0.30	1.00*†‡	0.68*†‡	0.75*†‡	1.00
Male deaths	0.40*	0.25	0.73*†‡	0.57*†‡	0.62*†‡	0.73*†‡	1.00
Female deaths	0.45*	0.31	0.78*†‡	0.57*†‡	0.65*†‡	0.79*†‡	0.57*†‡	1.00

^*p < 0.05

^†0.01

^‡0.001