Research Article
Effects of Dust Storms and Climatological Factors on Mortality and Morbidity of Cardiovascular Diseases Admitted to ED
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for pollutants and meteorological variables.
| Variables
Median (IQR) | Overall
(n = 1916 days) | Dust Storms Present
(n = 89 days) | No Dust Storms
(n = 1827 days) | p |
| | PM (μg/m3) | 72 48-115 | 74 53.25-135 | 7248-114 | 0.227 | | Mean temp (°C) | 14.57.6-24.5 | 21.8 16.7-27 | 13.97.3-24.2 | 0.001 | | Max. Temp (°C) | 21.812.6-31.8 | 28.55 23.42-34.57 | 21.212.4-31.6 | 0.001 | | Min. Temp (°C) | 9.14-17.8 | 16.110.8-21.3 | 8.7 3.9-17.6 | 0.001 | | Relative humidity. | 60.341-79 | 53 40.7-77.3 | 60.85 41-79.3 | 0.288 | | Air pressure (mbar) | 915.7 912.3-919.75 | 913.4 910.8-916.05 | 915.9 912.4-919.9 | 0.001 |
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IQR: interquartile range; significant at the 0.05 level; Mann–Whitney U test |
