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Table 2 Spearman’s rank correlation analysis among various indicators in China

From: Maternal exposure to PM2.5 may increase the risk of congenital hypothyroidism in the offspring: a national database based study in China

Indicators

CH

PM2.5

PM10

AQI

PCGRP

Pb

Hg

As

CH

1.000

0.350a

0.047

0.201

0.434*

0.156

−0.084

0.058

PM2.5

 

1.000

0.724*

0.904*

0.240

−0.096

− 0.196

− 0.168

PM10

  

1.000

0.931*

0.111

−0.049

0.054

−0.035

AQI

   

1.000

0.186

−0.074

− 0.056

−0.099

PCGRP

   

1.000

−0.291

−0.381*

− 0.342

Pb

     

1.000

0.803*

0.924*

Hg

      

1.000

0.805*

As

       

1.000

  1. PCGRP Per capital gross regional product
  2. * p<0.05
  3. a p = 0.058