Table 1.
Regression of PM2.5, race, and COVID-19 deaths for the 50 most populous counties in Texas.
| Multivariate linear regression of PM2.5, race/ethnicity, and COVID deaths for the 50 most Populous counties in Texas Dependent variable: COVID deaths Independent variables: PM2.5 (2000–2016 average in μg/m3), percent minority race/ethnicity (%Non-Hispanic Black + %Hispanic) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residuals | ||||
| Min | 1Q | Median | 3Q | Max |
| − 12.334 | − 6.193 | − 2.246 | 1.107 | 37.842 |
| Coefficients | Estimate | Std. error | t-value | Pr( >|t|) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Intercept) | 5.36085 | 10.99702 | 0.487 | 0.628183 |
| PM2.5 | 0.07970 | 1.22429 | 0.065 | 0.948373 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.27962 | 0.07864 | 3.556 | 0.000872*** |
Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1.
Multiple R-squared: 0.2167, Adjusted R-squared: 0.1833.
Residual standard error: 10.35 on 47 degrees of freedom.
F-statistic: 6.5 on 2 and 47 degrees of freedom, p-value: 0.003219.