Research Article

Statistical Analysis Aiming at Predicting Respiratory Tract Disease Hospital Admissions from Environmental Variables in the City of São Paulo

Table 3

URI Morbidity increase according to each independent variable.

Variation Δ 1 Δ 2 Δ 3 Δ 4 Δ 5 Δ 6 Δ 7 Δ 8

SO2 ( 𝜇 g/m3)0–100–200–300–400–500–600–700–80
Increase (%)13.929.747.768.291.6118.1148.4182.9
CO (ppm)0–20–40–60–80–100–120–140–16
Increase (%)9.018.829.441.153.767.582.699.0
ETw4 ( C )0–20–40–60–80–100–120–140–16
Decreases (%) 2 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 4 1 0 . 4 1 2 . 4 1 4 . 3 1 6 . 1