Research Article

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

Table 4

LRI Morbidity increase according to each independent variable.

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

PM10 ( 𝜇 g/m3)0–200–400–600–800–1000–1200–1400–160
Increase (%)2.04.16.28.310.512.715.017.4
Ozone ( 𝜇 g/m3)0–400–800–1200–1600–2000–2400–2800–320
Increase (%)8.317.427.137.749.261.675.189.6
ETw4 ( C )0–20–40–60–80–100–120–140–16
Increase (%) 1 . 6 3 . 1 4 . 7 6 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 2 1 0 . 6 1 2 . 0