Research Article

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

Table 5

IP 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 (%)4.18.312.717.422.127.132.337.7
ETw4 ( C ) 0–20–40–60–80–100–120–140–16
Increase (%) 3 . 9 7 . 7 1 1 . 3 1 4 . 8 1 8 . 1 2 1 . 3 2 4 . 4 2 7 . 4