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. 2017 Aug 10;125(8):087006. doi: 10.1289/EHP1026

Figure 6.

Twelve scatter plots with a regression line, plotting log (RR) for heat wave defined by daily maximum temperature (y-axis) across log (RR) for heat wave defined by daily mean temperature (x-axis) for the 12 heat wave days, namely, 90P underscore 2day, 90P underscore 3day, 90P underscore 4day, 92.5P underscore 2day, 92.5P underscore 3day, 92.5P underscore 4day, 95P underscore 2day, 95P underscore 3day, 95P underscore 4day, 97.5P underscore 2day, 97.5P underscore 3day, and 97.5P underscore 4day.

Comparison for cumulative effects of heat waves on mortality over lag 0–10 d in 16 countries/regions for 12 types of heat wave definitions using daily mean and maximum temperatures. Please refer to Table 1 for heat wave definitions. a, B, and r2 are intercept, coefficient, and r-squared, respectively, derived from linear regression model for effect estimates modeled by heat waves defined by daily mean and maximum temperatures. p-Value for difference is modeled by the t-test between effect estimates modelled by heat waves defined by daily mean and maximum temperatures.