Table 2 Meteorological parameters.

From: The effect of medical face masks on inhalation risk of bacterial bioaerosols in hospital waste decontamination station

Sampling modes

Meteorological parameters

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Min

Max

P-value of Shapiro–Wilk test

Without mask

Temperature (°C)

15.366 (6.741)

14.4 (11)

3.4

27.4

0.185

RH (%)

36.936 (6.824)

35.9 (9.2)

24.7

52.5

0.866

W-velocity (m/s)

0.114 (0.143)

0 (0.27)

0

0.34

 < 0.001

3-layer mask

Temperature (°C)

14.953 (6.508)

14.4 (11.7)

3.4

25.2

0.072

RH (%)

36.753 (8.019)

36.35 (14.5)

24.2

55

0.431

W-velocity (m/s)

0.82 (0.141)

0 (0.25)

0

0.4

 < 0.001

N95 mask

Temperature (°C)

14.773 (6.316)

13.35 (11)

4.1

26.7

0.127

RH (%)

37.003 (7.783)

38.75 (13.1)

32.2

49.6

0.174

W-velocity (m/s)

0.077 (0.145)

0 (0)

0

0.45

 < 0.001