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Table 4 Simple linear regression between bronchial obstructive crisis (BOC) rates recorded in hospital records and pollution and weather records for two towns in the province of Concepcion, Chile. 2012–2014

From: Impact of proximity of thermoelectric power plants on bronchial obstructive crisis rates

Independent variable

F

p

Corrected R2

β

Error

p

 Place

111.2

<0.000

0.26

0.31

0.03

<0.000

 Temperature

65.3

<0.000

0.18

−0.05

0.00

<0.000

 Humidity

2.3

0.13

0.004

−0.00

0.00

0.12

 PM10

3.8

0.05

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.05

 PM2.5

0.1

0.76

−0.001

−0.00

0.00

0.76

 NO

15.7

0.00

0.05

0.00

0.00

<0.000

Independent variablea

F

p

Corrected R2

β

Error

p

 Place

23.3

<0.000

0.28

0.41

0.09

<0.000

 Temperature

1.1

0.30

0.00

−0.02

0.03

0.30

 Humidity

0.0

0.90

−0.02

0.00

0.00

0.90

 PM10

3.3

0.08

0.04

0.00

0.00

0.08

 PM2.5

0.5

0.47

−0.00

−0.00

0.00

0.47

 NO

0.4

0.54

−0.01

0.00

0.00

0.54

  1. aWeeks with highest consultation rates