Table 3

Spatial regression analysis between rates of respiratory disease and pollutant, and the distance from communities to hospital and health office.

Summer

pollutant
pollutant and distance

Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value
Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value

const.
0.0446
0.0080
5.6046
0.0000
const.
0.1045
0.0245
4.2664
0.0000
Pol
0.0032
0.0010
3.2337
0.0012
Pol
0.0028
0.0009
3.1426
0.0017





avedis
-0.0126
0.0049
-2.5463
0.0109
const.
0.0534
0.0113
4.7701
0.0000
const.
0.1284
0.0310
4.1427
0.0000
TSP
0.0038
0.0051
0.7398
0.4594
TSP
0.0046
0.0045
1.0106
0.3122





avedis
-0.0159
0.0063
-2.5507
0.0108
const.
0.0409
0.0076
5.4068
0.0000
const.
0.0971
0.0232
4.1964
0.0000
SO2
0.0125
0.0032
3.9006
0.0001
SO2
0.0109
0.0029
3.7228
0.0002





avedis
-0.0117
0.0046
-2.5233
0.0116
const.
0.0404
0.0068
5.9647
0.0000
const.
0.0915
0.0211
4.3448
0.0000
NOx
0.0084
0.0018
4.6049
0.0000
NOx
0.0076
0.0017
4.5734
0.0000





avedis
-0.0107
0.0042
-2.5279
0.0115

Rainy season

pollutant
pollutant and distance

Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value
Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value

const.
0.0581
0.0120
4.8358
0.0000
const.
0.1342
0.0341
3.9329
0.0001
Pol
0.0026
0.0011
2.1685
0.0301
Pol
0.0025
0.0011
2.2962
0.0217





avedis
-0.0160
0.0068
-2.3513
0.0187
const.
0.0635
0.0144
4.4069
0.0000
const.
0.1464
0.0378
3.8778
0.0001
TSP
0.0122
0.0122
1.0007
0.3170
TSP
0.0150
0.0111
1.3519
0.1764





avedis
-0.0177
0.0076
-2.3329
0.0197
const.
0.0624
0.0138
4.5339
0.0000
const.
0.1435
0.0374
3.8353
0.0001
SO2
0.0036
0.0028
1.2863
0.1984
SO2
0.0037
0.0025
1.4865
0.1371





avedis
-0.0172
0.0074
-2.2975
0.0216
const.
0.0521
0.0099
5.2656
0.0000
const.
0.1187
0.0292
4.0626
0.0001
NOx
0.0082
0.0023
3.5237
0.0004
NOx
0.0076
0.0021
3.5958
0.0003





avedis
-0.0139
0.0059
-2.3935
0.0167

Winter

pollutant
pollutant and distance

Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value
Variable
Coeff.
SE
z-value
p-value

const.
0.0451
0.0250
1.8020
0.0716
const.
0.1572
0.0633
2.4825
0.0131
Pol
0.0021
0.0014
1.4637
0.1433
Pol
0.0008
0.0015
0.4878
0.6257





avedis
-0.0197
0.0103
-1.9164
0.0553
const.
0.0516
0.0250
2.0621
0.0392
const.
0.1611
0.0552
2.9172
0.0035
TSP
0.0158
0.0142
1.1112
0.2665
TSP
0.0074
0.0138
0.5380
0.5906





avedis
-0.0205
0.0093
-2.1921
0.0284
const.
0.0390
0.0255
1.5301
0.1260
const.
0.1476
0.0688
2.1450
0.0320
SO2
0.0058
0.0033
1.7412
0.0817
SO2
0.0023
0.0038
0.6082
0.5430





avedis
-0.0184
0.0109
-1.6955
0.0900
const.
0.0510
0.0242
2.1090
0.0350
const.
0.1646
0.0599
2.7473
0.0060
NOx
0.0037
0.0030
1.2334
0.2174
NOx
0.0011
0.0030
0.3609
0.7182





avedis
-0.0205
0.0099
-2.0542
0.0399

const. = constant, coeff = coefficient, SE, = standard error, Pol = total pollutant, TSP = total suspended particle, SO2 = sulfur dioxide, NOx = nitrogen oxide, avedis = average distance from community to hospital and health office

Jadsri et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:48   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-48