Research Article
Indoor Air Quality and Respiratory Health among Malay Preschool Children in Selangor
Table 1
Comparisons of indoor air quality between study areas.
| | Variables | Studied area
() | Comparative area
() | | | | Median (IQR) |
| | PM2.5 (µg/m3) | 80.0 (17.0) | 72.0 (19.0) | −5.494 | <0.001* | | PM10 (µg/m3) | 118.0 (46.5) | 54.0 (42.0) | −6.445 | <0.001** | | VOCs (ppm) | 0.08 (0.03) | 0.11 (0.05) | −2.214 | 0.027* | | CO2 (ppm) | 579.0 (340.0) | 784.0 (526) | −0.287 | 0.774 | | CO (ppm) | 1.0 (0.4) | 0.8 (1.0) | −8.076 | <0.001** | | Temperature (°C) | 29.7 (3.5) | 26.8 (2.3) | −7.143 | <0.001** | | Rh (%) | 78.1 (13.5) | 54.7 (31.7) | −2.821 | 0.005* | | Air velocity (m/s) | 1.59 (2.34) | 0.97 (0.24) | −1.046 | 0.295 |
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Mann-Whitney Test.
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