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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Air Qual Atmos Health. 2014 Feb 22;7(3):357–367. doi: 10.1007/s11869-014-0244-0

Table 5.

Change in each outcome associated with each IQR increase or decrease in ambient temperature, by moving average of time before outcome measurement was made, by season.

Biomarkers and moving averages evaluated Winter (December–February) Summer (June–August)

N Subjects (N Subject-Visits) IQR (°C) Change in Biomarker per IQR increase 95% CI N Subjects (N Subject-Visits) IQR (°C) Change in Biomarker per IQR increase 95% CI
WHOLE SESSION HRT(ms/RR)a
 0–5 30 (118) 7.9 −0.47 −1.71, 0.77 41 (121) 7.2 −0.10 −1.83, 1.63
 0–23 7.3 −0.86 −2.08, 0.35 4.3 −0.32 −1.29, 0.65
 0–47 6.9 −0.53 −1.74, 0.69 4.2 −0.66 −1.74, 0.42
 0–71 6.5 −0.82 −2.06, 0.41 3.8 −0.61 −1.71, 0.50
 0–95 6.1 −1.21* −2.41, −0.01 3.5 −0.60 −1.75, 0.55
 0–167 (1 week) 5.5 −1.02 −2.27, 0.24 3.1 −0.86 −2.30, 0.58
 0–503 (3 weeks) 4.6 −0.34 −1.94, 1.25 2.5 −0.07 −1.76, 1.62

DC(ms)
 0–5 30 (276) 7.9 −0.14 −0.32, 0.04 41 (379) 7.2 −0.10 −0.29, 0.09
 0–23 7.3 −0.11 −0.30, 0.07 4.3 −0.06 −0.18, 0.05
 0–47 6.9 −0.12 −0.30, 0.07 4.2 −0.09 −0.21, 0.04
 0–71 6.5 −0.12 −0.32, 0.08 3.8 −0.08 −0.20, 0.05
 0–95 6.1 −0.12 −0.33, 0.09 3.5 −0.06 −0.19, 0.06
 0–167 (1 week) 5.5 −0.09 −0.31, 0.12 3.1 −0.05 −0.20, 0.09
 0–503 (3 weeks) 4.6 −0.09 −0.34, 0.16 2.5 −0.01 −0.20, 0.18

rMSSD (ms)
 0–5 30 (283) 7.9 −0.17 −4.95, 4.62 41 (390) 7.2 −9.66** −15.60, −3.72
 0–23 7.3 −1.43 −6.28, 3.42 4.3 −6.56** −10.09, −3.03
 0–47 6.9 −0.57 −5.49, 4.35 4.2 −6.77** −10.63, −2.91
 0–71 6.5 1.07 −4.17, 6.30 3.8 −6.32** −10.19, −2.44
 0–95 6.1 2.32 −3.14, 7.77 3.5 −6.45** −10.33, −2.56
 0–167 (1 week) 5.5 4.37 −1.28, 10.01 3.1 −7.01** −11.52, −2.49
 0–503 (3 weeks) 4.6 6.80* 0.22, 13.39 2.5 −4.36 −10.26, 1.53
a

Note: Since HRT is measured only when premature ventricular contractions (PVC) occur, these analyses include only those subject-visits with 1 or more PVCs.

p<0.10

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01