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. 2021 Oct 12;29(11):16017–16027. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-16666-5

Table 1.

The pooled results of temperature on daily new cases of COVID-19 in 152 global countries and 31 provinces of mainland China by different stratifications at lag014.

Stratification RR (95%CI)
AT MINT MAXT
No stratification 1.03 (0.99, 1.08) 1.03 (1.00, 1.06) 1.00 (0.94, 1.06)
Dose-response curve peak stratification&
<Peak value 1.09 (1.04, 1.15) * 0.97 (0.94, 1.00) 1.09 (1.02, 1.16) *
>Peak value 0.79 (0.68, 0.93) * 1.21 (1.12, 1.31) * 0.17 (0.08, 0.35) *
Climate zone stratification
Temperate zone 1.10 (1.05, 1.15) * 1.08 (1.04, 1.12) * 1.09 (1.02, 1.16) *
Tropical zone 0.60 (0.43, 0.83) * 0.58 (0.45, 0.75) * 0.35 (0.22, 0.55) *
IQR# stratification
<IQR [1] 1.14 (1.06, 1.23) * 1.24 (1.12, 1.38) * 1.10 (1.01, 1.19) *
IQR [1]–IQR [2] 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) 0.99 (0.96, 1.03) 1.02 (0.90, 1.16)
IQR [2]–IQR [3] 0.97 (0.84, 1.13) 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 1.18 (0.94, 1.49)
>=IQR [3] 0.48 (0.28, 0.81) * 0.52 (0.36, 0.73) * 0.19 (0.10, 0.37) *

Note: AT: average temperature; MINT: minimum temperature; MAXT: maximum temperature.

*P<0.05

#IQR: interquartile range

&The dose-response relationship peak values of AT, MINT and MAXT are 17.50°C, 12.50°C and 22.50°C, respectively.

The IQR [1]s of AT, MINT and MAXT are 8.57°C, 4.69°C and 12.22°C, respectively.

The IQR [2]s of AT, MINT and MAXT are 16.21°C, 12.70°C and 20.84°C, respectively.

The IQR [3]s of AT, MINT and MAXT are 26.55°C, 21.38°C and 30.82°C, respectively.