Table 2 Correlation between the incidence of AR symptoms and meteorological parameters.

From: A model to predict the incidence of allergic rhinitis based on meteorological factors

Allergens

Minimum temperatures

Sea level pressure

Average vapour pressure

Comprehensive parameters

R-square

F- value

R-square

F- value

R-square

F- value

R-square

F- value

Pollen

0.576

60.4

0.315

41.3

0.700

103.8

0.750

133.6

Dust mite

0.551

54.5

0.368

52.4

0.598

66.3

0.600

66.8

Mould

0.565

57.7

0.450

73.6

0.477

40.6

0.539*

52.1

  1. Quadratic curves were fitted on the number of AR patients against the meteorological parameters respectively (P < 0.001 for all quadratic models).