Table 2 Results of ANCOVA for a generalized linear Poisson log model showing the relationship between the number of asthma hospital admissions and ambient meteorological parameters as well as air pollutants.
From: Relationship between biometeorological factors and the number of hospitalizations due to asthma
Variable | Estimate | Wald’s test | p-value | Estimate | Wald’s test | p-value | Estimate | Wald’stest | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Age ≤65 | Age > 65 | |||||||
Intercept | 3.23 | 0.50 | 0.477 | 1.21 | 0.04 | 0.840 | 5.23 | 0.57 | 0.452 |
UTCI Class 3 | −0.81 | 7.36 | 0.007 | −0.72 | 3.41 | 0.065 | −0.92 | 3.83 | 0.049 |
UTCI Class 4 | −0.33 | 3.37 | 0.067 | −0.31 | 1.84 | 0.175 | −0.35 | 1.51 | 0.219 |
UTCI Class 5 | −0.14 | 1.35 | 0.245 | −0.15 | 0.92 | 0.339 | −0.13 | 0.47 | 0.494 |
UTCI Class 7 | 0.23 | 2.81 | 0.093 | 0.40 | 5.97 | 0.015 | −0.14 | 0.28 | 0.596 |
UTCI Class 8 | −0.04 | 0.00 | 0.950 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.845 | −0.27 | 0.07 | 0.791 |
Air temperature | 0.17 | 16.86 | 0.000 | 0.10 | 3.97 | 0.046 | 0.26 | 16.19 | 0.000 |
Relative humidity | −0.03 | 24.35 | 0.000 | −0.01 | 3.41 | 0.065 | −0.04 | 29.60 | 0.000 |
Rainfall sum | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.487 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.382 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.803 |
Wind speed | −0.06 | 1.25 | 0.263 | −0.07 | 0.91 | 0.341 | −0.06 | 0.44 | 0.507 |
Atmospheric pressure | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.736 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.740 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.984 |
PM2.5 | 0.01 | 1.86 | 0.173 | 0.02 | 3.70 | 0.054 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.868 |
PM10 | −0.01 | 1.16 | 0.281 | −0.02 | 6.59 | 0.010 | 0.01 | 1.53 | 0.216 |
