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. 2013 Apr 13;178:288–293. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.020

Table 2.

Excess risk (ER%) and associated 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of daily mortality for a 1 °C decrease in daily mean apparent temperature at the best lagged day (lag 3 day) on cool days (≤20.8 °C).

Characteristics All causes
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
ER% 95% CI ER% 95% CI ER% 95% CI
Total 1.64 0.64, 2.64 2.48 0.57, 4.36 3.19 0.59, 5.73
Stratification by
 Sex
 Male 1.19 −0.32, 2.67 1.27 −1.77, 4.22 0.84 −2.74, 4.29
 Female 2.14 0.87, 3.40 3.35 1.09, 5.55 5.23 1.95, 8.40
 Body mass index (kg/m2)
 <18.5 −0.09 −4.73, 4.34 1.33 −14.98, 15.32 1.78 −9.64, 12.01
 18.5–24.9 1.77 0.48, 3.04 2.26 −0.10, 4.56 3.99 0.89, 6.99
 ≥25 2.19 0.50, 3.85 3.33 0.21, 6.35 1.88 −3.17, 6.69