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Table 2 Summary statistics of daily concentration of air pollutants and meteorological indices

From: Association of ambient air pollution and meteorological factors with primary care visits at night due to asthma attack

Meteorological elements/air pollutants

April–June (N = 182 days)

July–August (N = 124 days)

September–November (N = 182 days)

December–March (N = 243 days)

Mean

SD

Maximum

Mean

SD

Maximum

Mean

SD

Maximum

Mean

SD

Maximum

Atmospheric pressure (hPa)

1,008.2

5.6

1,022.8

1,005.9

5.4

1,015.1

1,011.7

6.4

1,024.6

1,013.9

5.5

1,025.1

Relative humidity (%)

69.8

12.3

93.0

74.4

6.9

94.0

71.5

8.3

92.0

66.9

8.7

92.0

Temperature (°C)

17.7

5.0

28.6

27.7

1.9

31.0

18.5

5.9

30.5

5.4

3.1

13.5

Wind speed (m/sec)

2.7

0.8

5.8

2.6

0.8

7.5

2.4

0.9

7.7

2.7

0.9

5.8

Daylight hours (h)

5.6

4.5

13.4

6.5

3.9

12.9

5.4

3.7

12.2

5.2

3.2

11.3

NO2 (ppb)

12.5

4.8

27.8

8.6

2.6

16.8

10.7

4.2

23.6

12.9

5.9

40.1

Ozone (ppb)

36.2

11.0

62.4

22.5

10.6

58.3

21.5

8.4

46.7

23.0

9.0

46.6

SPM (μg/m3)

27.3

11.6

99.2

24.0

8.1

46.3

18.7

8.4

47.4

17.2

11.0

132.4

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

22.5

12.7

81.3

21.3

9.8

43.1

19.8

12.6

69.5

21.1

11.2

73.6

PM10 (μg/m3)

41.0

29.8

289.1

34.2

12.4

60.3

32.6

21.9

206.4

29.5

15.0

103.1

OBC (μg/m3)

0.5

0.3

1.6

0.5

0.3

1.4

0.5

0.3

1.7

0.5

0.4

2.8

  1. NO 2 Nitrogen dioxide, SPM suspended particulate matter, PM 2.5 Particulate matter (PM) with a 50 % cut-off aerodynamic diameter of ≤2.5 μm PM 10 PM with a 50 % cut-off aerodynamic diameter of ≤10 μm, OBC organic black carbon, SD standard deviation