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. 2022 Sep 10;21:84. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00888-2

Table 3.

Summary statistics and Spearman correlations of 2-year mean air pollutants

Summary statistics Spearman correlation coefficients
Mean Median Minimum Maximum IQR PM2.5 PM10 SO2 NO2 O3
PM2.5 (μg/m3) 37.17 38.30 27.99 46.96 8.84 1.00 0.71* 0.52* 0.60* -0.49*
PM10 (μg/m3) 55.43 55.09 42.17 67.33 7.58 1.00 0.63* 0.75* -0.51*
SO2 (μg/m3) 16.12 15.92 9.31 22.28 5.44 1.00 0.37* -0.35*
NO2 (μg/m3) 25.98 23.07 7.94 62.68 18.07 1.00 -0.68*
O3 (μg/m3) 56.23 56.96 40.54 68.83 7.38 1.00

PM2.5 Particulate matter ≤ 2.5 µm, PM10 Particulate matter < 10 µm, SO2 Sulfur dioxide, NO2 Nitrogen dioxide, O3 Ozone

Note: Spearman correlation coefficients, *:P < 0.05