Table 4.
Association between the heat-related outcomes and age, occupation, and preexisting conditions (adjusted ORs and 95% confidence intervals).
| HRS | HRI | HRI + HRS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age a | |||
| Young (<5) | 0.13 * (0.04, 0.47) | 0.90 (0.53, 1.52) | 0.41 * (0.24, 0.72) |
| Elderly (>60) | 1.96 * (1.17, 3.28) | 0.98 (0.40, 2.40) | 1.90 * (1.07, 3.37) |
| All other ages (5 ≤ age ≤ 60) (ref) | |||
| Occupation a: | |||
| Manual labor | 0.91 (0.45, 1.83) | 0.69 (0.43, 1.10) | 0.76 (0.36, 1.61) |
| Service/Office/teacher | 0.80 (0.40, 1.62) | 0.78 (0.42, 1.46) | 0.50 (0.23, 1.09) |
| Sales/Artisan | 1.05 (0.54, 2.08) | 0.92 (0.52, 1.66) | 0.92 (0.44, 1.90) |
| None (ref) | |||
| Work location: | |||
| Sun | 2.27 * (1.31, 3.94) | -- | 1.86 * (1.09, 3.16) |
| Mixed | 1.09 (0.64, 1.85) | -- | 1.10 (0.66, 1.84) |
| Shade (ref) | |||
| Chronic preexisting condition a | 3.44 * (2.54, 4.67) | 1.71 * (1.13, 2.59) | 2.50 * (1.86, 3.36) |
| Diarrheal preexisting condition a | 0.93 (0.52, 1.66) | 3.19 * (1.68, 6.07) | 1.63 (0.96, 2.76) |
| Infectious preexisting condition a | 1.59 * (1.13, 2.23) | 2.83 * (1.86, 4.29) | 1.82 * (1.34, 2.47) |
| Main drinking water source: | |||
| In-home tap | 0.51 (0.26, 1.01) | -- | -- |
| Public (tap/bore hole) | 0.42 * (0.19, 0.91) | -- | -- |
| From neighbor | 0.83 (0.27, 2.56) | -- | -- |
| Purchased (bottled/50 L jug) (ref) | |||
| Visited a doctor for heat-related illness before | -- | -- | 2.85 * (2.22, 3.85) |
| Had NOT sought heat-related morbidity info | -- | 4.75 * (1.45, 15.55) | -- |
| Worried about getting sick from heat | 2.79 * (1.23, 6.31) | -- | 2.19 * (1.05, 4.54) |
| Social Connectedness Score a | |||
| 0–1 | 2.77 * (1.33, 5.76) | 0.84 (0.32, 2.20) | 2.19 * (1.17, 4.10) |
| 2 | 0.71 (0.45, 1.13) | 0.43 * (0.21, 0.87) | 0.71 (0.46, 1.09) |
| 3 (ref) |
a Covariates were tested in the hypothesis; * statistically significant at α = 0.05.