Table 2

Somers' D of asthma excess with respect to spore counts on the same day and lagged by 1 day

Taxon name		Dichotomised (high v low) spore counts Same day (lag 0)						Dichotomised (high v low) spore counts Previous day (lag 1)			Quantitative (higher v lower) spore counts Previous day (lag 1)
		Ages 0–14						Ages ⩾15			Ages 0–14				Ages ⩾15		Ages 0–14				Ages ⩾15		Ages 0–14		Ages ⩾15
		Somers' D	p Value					Somers' D	p Value		Somers' D	p Value			Somers' D	p Value	Somers' D	p Value			Somers' D	p Value	Somers' D	p Value	Somers' D	p Value
Elementary taxa:
Alternaria	0.01	0.8991		−0.06	0.2207	0.02	0.3738	0.00	0.8883	0.01	0.7995		0.02	0.6664		0.00	0.8674		0.01	0.5271
Aspergillus orPenicilliumtype	−0.00	0.9995		0.03	0.4555	0.01	0.3538	0.01	0.5445	0.03	0.4134		−0.02	0.6460		0.01	0.3376		−0.01	0.5196
Cladosporium	0.02	0.6105		0.02	0.6292	0.01	0.3460	−0.02	0.2436	0.05	0.2503		0.01	0.8690		0.00	0.8751		−0.01	0.3846
Epicoccum	−0.04	0.2919		−0.02	0.5342	0.01	0.5302	−0.03	0.0865	0.05	0.2030		−0.02	0.6680		0.00	0.9060		−0.00	0.8959
Botrytis	0.05	0.2033		0.02	0.6631	0.03	0.1013	−0.02	0.3103	0.10	0.0122		0.05	0.1962		0.03	0.0549		0.02	0.2810
Sporobolomyces	0.06	0.0655		0.02	0.5150	0.02	0.0966	−0.02	0.2670	0.04	0.2389		−0.00	0.9154		0.01	0.3321		−0.02	0.1477
Tilletiopsis	0.06	0.0890		−0.01	0.6638	0.02	0.0973	−0.02	0.1180	0.07	0.0417		0.00	0.9040		0.02	0.1586		−0.01	0.4845
Coloured basidiospores	0.05	0.2213		0.01	0.9016	0.02	0.1467	−0.04	0.0192	0.04	0.3458		0.00	0.9470		0.02	0.2263		−0.03	0.0849
Miscellaneous hyaline basidiospores	0.10	0.0145		0.04	0.3338	0.04	0.0135	−0.02	0.1908	0.05	0.2431		0.01	0.8786		0.02	0.1674		−0.02	0.1232
Ustilago	0.01	0.7433		−0.01	0.8426	0.02	0.4102	−0.02	0.2585	0.00	0.9493		−0.02	0.6632		0.01	0.7536		−0.00	0.8912
Rusts	0.04	0.3378		0.00	0.9789	0.03	0.1100	0.00	0.8339	−0.00	0.9154		0.04	0.2836		−0.00	0.9073		0.01	0.6299
Didymella	0.08	0.0277		0.04	0.2492	0.02	0.2526	−0.02	0.2904	0.07	0.0606		0.01	0.6973		0.02	0.2596		−0.01	0.4304
Erysiphe	−0.06	0.0911		0.00	0.9055	−0.01	0.6871	−0.03	0.0811	0.02	0.6000		−0.02	0.6437		0.00	0.8535		−0.01	0.5294
Leptosphaeria	0.10	0.0137		0.04	0.2927	0.01	0.4747	−0.01	0.5456	0.08	0.0382		0.04	0.3258		0.02	0.2086		−0.00	0.8987
Miscellaneous 1-septate ascospores	0.08	0.1153		0.02	0.6426	0.02	0.2918	−0.02	0.2803	0.04	0.3680		0.07	0.1072		0.01	0.4924		0.00	0.8004
Other ascospores	0.10	0.0428		0.09	0.0918	0.03	0.0432	−0.01	0.5020	0.10	0.0480		0.06	0.1966		0.02	0.1295		−0.01	0.4641
Torula	−0.00	0.9830		−0.01	0.6813	0.00	0.9427	−0.01	0.6726	0.05	0.1479		0.01	0.7971		0.01	0.7910		0.01	0.6340
Algal group	−0.01	0.8166		−0.05	0.2361	0.01	0.5727	−0.01	0.6519	0.01	0.8316		0.08	0.0547		−0.00	0.8836		0.02	0.3961
Hyaline indeterminates	0.03	0.3515		−0.02	0.5568	0.01	0.3474	−0.02	0.1563	0.04	0.1812		−0.02	0.4251		0.01	0.5717		−0.03	0.0886
Pleospora	0.01	0.9206		−0.01	0.8624	−0.03	0.3941	−0.02	0.4894	−0.08	0.1466		0.01	0.7761		−0.01	0.8474		−0.01	0.8422
Myxomycetes	0.02	0.6729		−0.00	0.9937	0.03	0.6420	−0.00	0.9625	0.05	0.4324		−0.09	0.1250		0.04	0.4346		−0.08	0.1220
Drechslera	0.04	0.3515		0.02	0.6328	0.04	0.3555	0.02	0.6554	0.01	0.7499		−0.09	0.0227		0.01	0.7792		−0.09	0.0233
Polythrinchium	0.02	0.5037		−0.03	0.3567	0.01	0.7716	−0.03	0.2199	−0.01	0.8759		−0.05	0.1327		−0.01	0.8020		−0.01	0.5842
Fern spores	0.01	0.8981		−0.07	0.4405	0.01	0.8941	−0.07	0.4434	0.09	0.3322		−0.04	0.6362		0.09	0.3343		−0.04	0.6404
Entomophthora	0.05	0.5493		0.00	0.9928	−0.01	0.7946	−0.04	0.4489	−0.02	0.7915		−0.05	0.5519		−0.00	0.9294		−0.06	0.2830
Minimum p value:		0.0137			0.0918		0.0135		0.0192		0.0122			0.0227			0.0549			0.0233
Summary taxa:
Total ascospores	0.08	0.0273		0.07	0.0441	0.02	0.1552	−0.01	0.3519	0.09	0.0169		0.06	0.1150		0.02	0.1710		−0.01	0.3626
Total hyaline basidiospores or ballistospores	0.05	0.1067		0.00	0.9364	0.03	0.0604	−0.02	0.2475	0.04	0.2406		0.00	0.9775		0.02	0.2026		−0.02	0.2196
Total moulds	0.02	0.4828		0.06	0.0830	0.02	0.1315	−0.02	0.2199	0.04	0.2026		0.02	0.4824		0.02	0.1536		−0.01	0.3551
Minimum p value:		0.0273			0.0441		0.0604		0.2199		0.0169			0.1150			0.1536			0.2196