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 |
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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 |