Atmospheric Pollution and Hospitalization for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases in the City of Manaus from 2008 to 2012

Table 2

Spearman correlation matrix for the variables in the study.

	PM2.5	Minimum temperature	Humidity	RD ≤ 5 years	RD ≥ 60 years	CD ≥ 60 years
PM2.5	1.000
Minimum temperature	−0.082	1.000
Humidity	−0.550	−0.116	1.000
RD ≤ 5 years	0.060	−0.086	0.003	1.000
RD ≥ 60 years	0.006	−0.025	−0.007	0.148	1.000
CD ≥ 60 years	0.004	0.012	0.030	0.159	0.237	1.000

PM_2.5: particulate matter (μg/m³); RD: respiratory diseases; CD: cardiovascular diseases.