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. 2019 Oct 15;19:1290. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7612-5

Table 2.

Odds ratios (OR) for comparison between AWCET and NWCET

Temperature thresholds for cases Controls:
(Same day and same weekday for 4 weeks before)
Controls:
(Same day and same weekday for 8 weeks before)
Controls:
(Same day and same weekday for 4 weeks after)
Controls:
(Same day and same weekday for 8 weeks after)
AWCET NWCET AWCET NWCET AWCET NWCET AWCET NWCET
All-cause mortality Average temperature < = 5th percentile 1.706 [1.682, 1.731] 1.630 [1.608, 1.651] 1.794 [1.770, 1.819] 1.707 [1.685, 1.728] 1.705 [1.679, 1.732] 1.629 [1.605, 1.652] 1.825 [1.798, 1.853] 1.734 [1.710, 1.758]
Average temperature < = 3rd percentile 1.877 [1.837, 1.919] 1.775 [1.740, 1.810] 2.011 [1.968, 2.054] 1.890 [1.854, 1.928] 1.937 [1.892, 1.983] 1.822 [1.783, 1.862] 2.108 [2.059, 2.157] 1.966 [1.925, 2.008]
Average temperature < = 1st percentile 2.463 [2.303, 2.634] 2.211 [2.088, 2.341] 2.768 [2.588, 2.960] 2.457 [2.321, 2.601] 2.514 [2.356, 2.683] 2.261 [2.136, 2.393] 2.947 [2.764, 3.142] 2.617 [2.474, 2.768]
Cardiovascular mortality Average temperature < = 5th percentile 1.718 [1.668, 1.770] 1.640 [1.596, 1.685] 1.802 [1.752, 1.854] 1.713 [1.669, 1.758] 1.704 [1.650, 1.758] 1.627 [1.580, 1.675] 1.817 [1.762, 1.875] 1.726 [1.677, 1.775]
Average temperature < = 3rd percentile 1.880 [1.798, 1.967] 1.777 [1.706, 1.851] 2.011 [1.924, 2.101] 1.891 [1.817, 1.968] 1.932 [1.841, 2.028] 1.817 [1.739, 1.899] 2.092 [1.995, 2.193] 1.951 [1.870, 2.037]
Average temperature < = 1st percentile 2.595 [2.233, 3.015] 2.311 [2.034, 2.625] 2.959 [2.544, 3.440] 2.602 [2.290, 2.956] 2.564 [2.232, 2.946] 2.296 [2.035, 2.590] 2.961 [2.584, 3.393] 2.623 [2.330, 2.954]
Respiratory mortality Average temperature < = 5th percentile 1.691 [1.642, 1.741] 1.615 [1.573, 1.659] 1.771 [1.723, 1.821] 1.686 [1.644, 1.729] 1.719 [1.665, 1.774] 1.641 [1.594, 1.689] 1.838 [1.782, 1.896] 1.745 [1.696, 1.796]
Average temperature < = 3rd percentile 1.853 [1.773, 1.938] 1.753 [1.683, 1.825] 1.983 [1.898, 2.071] 1.866 [1.793, 1.941] 1.939 [1.849, 2.034] 1.824 [1.746, 1.905] 2.107 [2.010, 2.209] 1.965 [1.883, 2.051]
Average temperature < = 1st percentile 2.438 [2.125, 2.798] 2.191 [1.949, 2.464] 2.756 [2.404, 3.160] 2.449 [2.181, 2.751] 2.501 [2.196, 2.849] 2.256 [2.013, 2.528] 2.945 [2.590, 3.350] 2.622 [2.341, 2.937]
Cancer-related mortality Average temperature < = 5th percentile 1.708 [1.665, 1.753] 1.631 [1.593, 1.670] 1.803 [1.760, 1.848] 1.715 [1.676, 1.754] 1.706 [1.659, 1.755] 1.630 [1.589, 1.672] 1.829 [1.780, 1.880] 1.737 [1.694, 1.781]
Average temperature < = 3rd percentile 1.887 [1.813, 1.964] 1.783 [1.719, 1.849] 2.020 [1.943, 2.101] 1.899 [1.833, 1.968] 1.936 [1.854, 2.022] 1.821 [1.751, 1.895] 2.113 [2.025, 2.205] 1.971 [1.896, 2.048]
Average temperature < = 1st percentile 2.337 [2.087, 2.615] 2.110 [1.917, 2.322] 2.594 [2.318, 2.902] 2.319 [2.109, 2.550] 2.404 [2.144, 2.697] 2.169 [1.962, 2.397] 2.845 [2.539, 3.187] 2.529 [2.290, 2.794]

OR with bold text indicates a result with significantly higher magnitude of mortality risk compared to another group of result