Table 4. Percent increase in coronary heart disease mortality among Shanghai residents for each 1 °C increase in 2-day lagged diurnal temperature range, by seasona,b .
Method | Warm season | Cool season |
TS | 2.31 (1.74–2.88) | 2.58 (1.96–3.20) |
UCC | 3.43 (2.01–4.85) | 2.89 (1.66–4.12) |
BCC | 2.24 (1.61–2.87) | 2.05 (1.07–3.03) |
Abbreviations: TS, time-series analysis; UCC, unidirectional case-crossover analysis; BCC, bidirectional case-crossover analysis.
aFor UCC analysis, the same weekdays 1, 2, or 3 weeks before the death were selected as the control periods; for BCC analysis, the same weekdays 1, 2, or 3 weeks before, and after, the death were selected as the control periods.
bWarm season, April through September; cool season, October through March.