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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2020 Jun 1;38(6):1080–1089. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002387

Table 3. Mediation effect of blood pressure on the association between outdoor temperature and cardio-cerebrovascular events.

Mediator Outcome Indirect effect (95% CI) P-value
SBP
Cardio-cerebrovascular disease -0.000314(-0.000355,-0.000273) <0.001
CVD -0.000309(-0.000355,-0.000263) <0.001
MACE -0.000282(-0.000316,-0.000247) <0.001
Stroke -0.000281(-0.000313,-0.000249) <0.001
DBP
Cardio-cerebrovascular disease -0.000205(-0.000238,-0.000172) <0.001
CVD -0.000203(-0.000240,-0.000165) <0.001
MACE -0.000210(-0.000235,-0.000184) <0.001
Stroke -0.000212(-0.000238,-0.000186) <0.001
1

Adjusted for gender, age, smoking, drinking, BMI, labor intensity, diabetes, highest education, marital status, household income, and parental history of stroke and heart attack in mediation analysis.

2

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events.

3

P ≤ 0.05 is considered statistically significant.