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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2018 Aug 11;120:304–311. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.012

Table 2.

The association between the risk of cholera and heatwave stratified by rainfall, sex and age examined using multivariable logistic regression models. Each model has four exploratory variables: temperature, heatwave, heatwave in a 2-day lag and heatwave in a 4-day lag.

Stratification Exploratory variables OR 95% CI p – value
No Temperature 0.99 0.98 – 1.01 0.286
Heatwave 1.03 0.87 – 1.22 0.768
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 1.06 0.90 – 1.26 0.478
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.88 0.75 – 1.04 0.128
Day type
Dry (Rainfall=0) Temperature 0.98 0.97 – 1.00 0.082
Heatwave 0.99 0.79 – 1.25 0.938
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 0.95 0.73 – 1.24 0.710
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.80 0.63 – 1.01 0.065
Wet (Rainfall>0) Temperature 1.00 0.98 – 1.02 1.000
Heatwave 1.19 0.69 – 2.06 0.524
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 1.53 1.07 – 2.19 0.019
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.85 0.62 – 1.17 0.307
Sex
Male Temperature 0.99 0.98 – 1.01 0.257
Heatwave 0.94 0.73 – 1.20 0.596
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 1.16 0.91 – 1.48 0.221
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.75 0.60 – 0.95 0.017
Female Temperature 1.00 0.98 – 1.01 0.702
Heatwave 1.12 0.89 – 1.41 0.346
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 0.96 0.76 – 1.23 0.770
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 1.03 0.82 – 1.29 0.801
Age
<18 years Temperature 0.99 0.97 – 1.00 0.094
Heatwave 0.92 0.74 – 1.16 0.498
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 1.11 0.88 – 1.40 0.387
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.79 0.64 – 0.99 0.036
18 – 64 years Temperature 1.00 0.98 – 1.01 0.657
Heatwave 1.20 0.92 – 1.57 0.169
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 0.94 0.72 – 1.24 0.675
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 1.04 0.81 – 1.33 0.762
65 years and older Temperature 1.05 1.00 – 1.11 0.059
Heatwave 0.97 0.39 – 2.44 0.952
Heatwave in a 2-day lag 1.73 0.79 – 3.81 0.171
Heatwave in a 4-day lag 0.81 0.33 – 1.97 0.640