Table 4 Spearman correlation coefficients between pollen counts and the mean symptom scores in children < 10 years and adolescents

Children < 10 years

Mean total symptom score

0.175

-0.249–0.543

0.462*

0.256–0.628

0.380*

0.225–0.516

0.670*

0.630–0.706

Mean ocular symptom score

0.076

-0.243–0.547

0.413*

0.201–0.588

0.312*

0.207–0.501

0.630*

0.587–0.669

Mean nasal symptom score

0.181

-0.388–0.466

0.456*

0.225–0.623

0.363*

0.153–0.456

0.690*

0.652–0.724

Adolescents

Mean total symptom score

0.243

0.086–0.388

0.408*

0.315–0.493

0.423*

0.334–0.505

0.653

0.629–0.675

Mean ocular symptom score

0.204

0.015–0.323

0.389*

0.274–0.457

0.414*

0.324–0.496

0.674

0.589–0.638

Mean nasal symptom score

0.173

0.046–0.352

0.369*

0.295–0.475

0.330*

0.236–0.418

0.614

0.651–0.695