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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Pollut. 2015 Jul 10;206:175–182. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.06.037

Table 4.

Percent increase in risk of upper (URI) and lower (LRI) respiratory infections (95% CI) for every 10 °C increase in same day DTR, by education and socio-economic vulnerability indicators of the population. (Models adjusted for same day RH and PM10, for all age groups)

URI LRI

% change 95% CI % change 95% CI
Education
None 4.1 3.8 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.7
Elementary 3.4 3.0 3.9 3.4 3.2 4.0
Secondary 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.7
University 2.0 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.2
Socio-economica
Overcrowded 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.9
Living conditions 2.9 2.6 3.3 0.3 −0.1 0.7
Housing conditions 8.1 7.5 8.7 7.5 7.2 8.0
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comparing health centers where most homes have more than three people living in the same room, or are similar to hovels or does not have toilet.