Table 1 Summary statistics for climate variables, air pollutants, and pediatric asthma in Brisbane, Australia, during January1st 2003 to December 31st 2009
From: Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study
Variables | Median | Range | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 75 | |||
Mean temperature (°C) | 20.9 | 9.0–34.2 | 17.3 | 23.8 |
Maximum temperature (°C) | 25.8 | 13.8–40.2 | 23.0 | 28.1 |
Minimum temperature (°C) | 16.1 | −0.1–28.1 | 11.7 | 19.8 |
Diurnal temperature range (°C) | 9.8 | 0.6–21.6 | 7.5 | 12.2 |
Relative humidity (%) | 58.0 | 5.0–98.0 | 49.0 | 67.0 |
O3 (ppb) | 12.3 | 1.7–31.6 | 9.9 | 14.9 |
PM10 (μg/m3) | 14.5 | 4.4–355.2 | 11.7 | 17.9 |
NO2 (μg/m3) | 6.0 | 0–25.3 | 3.8 | 9.7 |
EDAs for childhood asthma | 5 | 0–23 | 3 | 7 |
0–4 asthma | 3 | 0–15 | 2 | 5 |
5–9 asthma | 1 | 0–9 | 0 | 2 |
10–14 asthma | 0 | 0–6 | 0 | 1 |
Male asthma | 3 | 0–15 | 1 | 5 |
Female asthma | 2 | 0–11 | 1 | 3 |