Table 6. Relative risk of the mumps incidence associated with the hot and cold effects by gender and age.
| Variable | RR(95%CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hot effecta | Cold effectb | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1.35 (1.16, 1.56) | 0.39 (0.24, 0.65) |
| Female | 1.55 (1.28, 1.88) | 0.43(0.23, 0.81) |
| Age | ||
| 0~4 | 1.30 (1.05, 1.61) | 0.56(0.26, 1.19) |
| 5~9 | 1.43 (1.17, 1.74) | 0.16(0.08, 0.32) |
| 10~14 | 1.58 (1.16, 2.16) | 0.16(0.05, 0.48) |
| 15~29 | 1.71 (1.22, 2.38) | 2.17(0.83, 5.67) |
| 30~64 | 1.83 (1.19, 2.80) | 1.23(0.35, 4.28) |
a The hot effect was the RR of the incidence of mumps by comparing the 99th to the 90th percentile of mean temperature; bThe cold effect was the RR of the incidence of mumps by comparing the 1th to the 10th percentile of mean temperature.