Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the concentrationsa of indoor air pollutants and meteorological dataa in the studied coffee shops.

From: Ranking the environmental factors of indoor air quality of metropolitan independent coffee shops by Random Forests model

 

Shop A (N = 20)

Shop B (N = 44)

Shop C (N = 95)

Shop D (N = 83)

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

Range

Mean ± SD

PM10 (μg/m3)

2.3–140.9

10.7 ± 30.6

6.6–80.1

23.2 ± 14.1

7.5–161.3

44.2 ± 44.8

4.0–57.2

13.2 ± 8.0

PM2.5–10 (μg/m3)

0.3–138.3

7.6 ± 30.7

3.9–72.0

13.7 ± 12.3

2.0–18.1

6.5 ± 3.2

1.6–13.0

5.1 ± 2.1

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

1.7–5.4

3.1 ± 1.0

2.7–17.9

9.5 ± 4.9

3.9–152.4

35.8 ± 41.9

1.9–48.7

8.1 ± 6.8

Total VOCs (ppm)

NA

NA

0.1–0.3

0.1 ± 0.0

0.0–1.5

0.3 ± 0.4

0.1–0.8

0.2 ± 0.1

p-PAHs (ng/m3)

NA

NA

NA

NA

2.6–193.7

20.5 ± 29.3

6.6–24.5

12.4 ± 3.7

CO (ppm)

ND

ND

ND-4.9

0.9 ± 1.4

0.0–4.0

0.5 ± 1.0

ND

ND

CO2 (ppm)

679.6–1626.8

785.8 ± 201.5

475.0–838.8

590.1 ± 93.4

442.7–1774.9

771.6 ± 309.2

543.3–1607.4

895.4 ± 245.2

Temperature (°C)

21.8–24.6

23.6 ± 0.8

21.5–24.1

23.3 ± 0.6

19.9–25.4

22.7 ± 1.3

20.0–25.8

22.5 ± 1.7

RH (%)

70.3–80.8

75.7 ± 3.3

53.8–80.4

67.5 ± 8.2

53.0–73.6

65.6 ± 5.7

64.5–81.2

71.7 ± 4.6

  1. PM10, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 μm; PM2.5–10, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter between 2.5 and 10 μm; PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm; Total VOCs, total volatile organic compounds; p-PAHs, particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; CO, carbon monoxide (ppm); CO2, carbon dioxide (ppm); RH, relative humidity (%); NA, not available due to instrumental malfunction; ND, not detected.
  2. aConcentrations were 15-min averages.