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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Indoor Air. 2015 Jul 8;26(4):594–604. doi: 10.1111/ina.12227

Table 4.

Case–control study results associating indoor heat exposure and respiratory or cardiovascular cases vs. controls. The analysis was conducted on the full patient care report record

Cases Independent variable Odds ratio (95% CI) s.e. P-value
Respiratory (N = 809, 338 cases, 471 controls) Intercept 0.64 (0.24, 1.74) 0.51   0.387
Indoor heat index >26 °C 1.43 (0.97, 2.10) 0.20   0.071
Time of day (04:00–07:59) 0.84 (0.48, 1.45) 0.28   0.523
Time of day (08:00–11:59) 0.58 (0.34, 0.97) 0.26   0.039
Time of day (12:00–15:59) 0.65 (0.39, 1.08) 0.26   0.099
Time of day (16:00–19:59) 0.62 (0.38, 1.01) 0.25   0.054
Time of day (20:00–23:59) 0.76 (0.45, 1.27) 0.26   0.296
Patient age (years) 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) 0.004   0.041
Income $10 000 (neighborhood) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) 0.004   0.132
Hispanic (% neighborhood) 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) 0.006   0.136
Preexisting condition 1.88 (1.36, 2.59) 0.16 <0.001
PM2.5, average 0–48 h prior 0.96 (0.92, 1.01) 0.02   0.102
Cardiovascular (N = 762, 291 cases, 471 controls) Intercept 0.15 (0.06, 0.35) 0.45 <0.001
Indoor heat index >26 °C 0.85 (0.55, 1.31) 0.22   0.472
Time of day (04:00–07:59) 0.97 (0.53, 1.79) 0.31   0.928
Time of day (08:00–11:59) 1.29 (0.75, 2.21) 0.28   0.359
Time of day (12:00–15:59) 1.05 (0.60, 1.81) 0.28   0.874
Time of Day (16:00–19:59) 0.79 (0.46, 1.37) 0.28   0.401
Time of day (20:00–23:59) 0.99 (0.56, 1.73) 0.29   0.958
Patient age (years) 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.004   0.006
Black (% neighborhood) 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) 0.003   0.037
Hispanic (% neighborhood) 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) 0.004   0.037
Preexisting condition 1.89 (1.36, 2.63) 0.17 <0.001
Renters (% neighborhood) 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) 0.002   0.073
Ozone (average previous 24 h) per 10 ppb 1.22 (0.98, 1.51) 0.11   0.070