Carbon monoxide poisoning: a prediction model using meteorological factors and air pollutant

BMC Proceedings

Table 2 Partial correlation between CO poisoning admission and meteorological and environmental factors

Factors	Coefficient	P-value
Mean temperature, °C	−0.152	< 0.001
24-h temperature change, °C^a	0.232	< 0.001
Mean atmospheric pressure, hPa	−0.004	0.882
24-h atmospheric pressure change, hPa^a	0.030	0.326
Humidity, %	−0.022	0.464
Maximum wind direction, °	0.057	0.059
Mean wind speed, m/s	−0.079	0.009
SO₂, ug/m³	−0.112	< 0.001
NO₂, ug/m³	0.021	0.488
PM₁₀, ug/m³	0.046	0.134
CO, mg/m3	0.098	0.001
O₃8h, ug/m³	−0.106	< 0.001
PM_2.5, ug/m³	−0.010	0.734

Data are shown as partial correlation coefficient (significance)
Abbreviations: CO Carbon monoxide, NO₂ Nitrogen dioxide, O₃8h Ozone, PM Particulate matter, SO₂ Sulfur dioxide
^aThe value was calculated as difference on the second day minus the value on the first day

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