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. 2019 Apr 9;69(683):e430–e436. doi: 10.3399/bjgp19X702257

Table 1.

Univariate association between home visits and weather and temporal variables

Weather variable IRR 95% CI
Minimum temperature, °C 0.996 0.993 to 0.999
Cold/not cold 1.043 1.013 to 1.075
Daily total sunshine, hours 0.996 0.992 to 1.000
Total rainfall, mm 1.001 0.997 to 1.004
Any rainfall 1.015 0.986 to 1.044
Hours with humidity >90% 1.002 1.000 to 1.004
Monday Reference
Tuesday 0.855 0.820 to 0.891
Wednesday 0.873 0.838 to 0.910
Thursday 0.824 0.790 to 0.859
Friday 0.867 0.832 to 0.904
Winter Reference
Spring 0.971 0.933 to 1.011
Summer 0.938 0.902 to 0.975
Autumn 0.986 0.949 to 1.025

CI = confidence interval. IRR = incidence rate ratio.