Table 2 Urban vs rural symptom duration: medians of the user average (mean) duration of symptoms in days (March–Sept incl.).

From: A comparison of experience sampled hay fever symptom severity across rural and urban areas of the UK

Min score

Allowed gap (days)

Symptom

Rural

Urban

Diff (urban − rural)

1

0

Breathing

1.188

1.286

0.098

Eyes

1.25

1.333

0.083

Max_score

1.4

1.5

0.1

Nose

1.3

1.414

0.114

Taken_medication

1.517

1.526

0.009

1

Breathing

1.427

1.533

0.106

Eyes

1.333

1.625

0.292

Max_score

1.598

2

0.402

Nose

1.5

1.75

0.25

Taken_medication

1.858

2.125

0.267

2

0

Max_score

1

1.25

0.25

1

Breathing

1

1.25

0.25

Eyes

1.167

1.2

0.0339

Max_score

1.286

1.4

0.114

Nose

1

1.286

0.286

3

0

Max_score

1

1

0

1

Max_score

1

1

0

  1. Except for tests using maximum symptom score (max_score), all rows where the difference is zero are removed.