Table 4.
The pooled attributable fractions of cold and hot effects on CVD mortality over lag 0–21 days at different levels of humidity.
| Humidity Level | Attributable Fraction (%, 95% Empirical CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Cold | Hot | ||
| Male | Low-humidity | 25.98 (10.98, 32.68) | 24.65 (9.01, 31.13) | 1.34 (−1.04, 2.59) |
| High-humidity | 39.24 (24.66, 48.23) | 36.55 (21.62, 45.33) | 2.69 (−2.10, 4.73) | |
| Female | Low-humidity | 21.83 (−12.61, 28.76) | 14.81 (−6.57, 21.93) | 7.02(−10.12, 12.63) |
| High-humidity | 34.58 (−12.32, 40.23) | 18.70 (−16.99, 30.72) | 15.88 (−12.98, 22.63) | |
| Age 0–74 | Low-humidity | 32.86 (−16.88, 31.42) | 23.23 (5.95, 28.79) | 9.63 (−13.94, 25.42) |
| High-humidity | 37.83 (−12.75, 45.22) | 32.50 (2.87, 40.12) | 5.23 (−10.22, 15.32) | |
| Age 75+ | Low-humidity | 24.89 (−9.15, 32.85) | 20.74 (−10.13, 28.88) | 4.15 (−1.23, 7.05) |
| High-humidity | 33.42 (−4.10, 42.56) | 27.86 (−5.86, 37.48) | 5.56 (−8.71, 10.55) | |
| Low-Education | Low-humidity | 18.15 (−10.91, 27.95) | 15.84 (−16.58, 25.71) | 2.30 (−0.37, 4.02) |
| High-humidity | 33.06 (3.81, 41.37) | 31.39 (5.54, 40.14) | 1.67 (−2.64, 3.83) | |
| High-Education | Low-humidity | 32.01 (−18.23, 43.22) | 29.06 (−7.32, 45.33) | 2.94 (−5.27, 4.51) |
| High-humidity | 38.69 (−14.73, 47.33) | 33.82 (−10.22, 36.55) | 4.87 (−5.82, 13.35) | |
| Coastal | Low-humidity | 23.13 (2.91, 31.32) | 19.91 (1.43, 29.97) | 3.22 (−2.42, 6.31) |
| High-humidity | 33.85 (19.04, 42.29) | 27.25 (18.33, 35.14) | 6.59 (−6.78, 12.06) | |
| Inland | Low-humidity | 22.13 (−8.53 ,35.54) | 15.58 (−19.33, 27.86) | 6.55 (−0.76, 12.32) |
| High-humidity | 30.79 (−12.77, 40.67) | 29.25 (−12.87, 39.22) | 1.55 (−2.87, 3.16) | |