Table 4.

Effects of temperature and relative humidity on CVD during 2002–2018: Odds ratios (OR) from hierarchical GEE models.

Dependent variables	Having hypertension (No*)	Having heart disease (No*)	Having stroke (No*)
	OR [95%CI]	OR [95%CI]	OR [95%CI]
Model 1:
Average temperature in the cold months of past year	0.97 [0.97, 0.98]***	0.95 [0.94, 0.96]***	0.97 [0.96, 0.98]***
Average relative humidity in the past year	0.997 [0.99, 1.001]	0.996 [0.99, 1.003]	0.994 [0.99, 1.002]
Covariates	√	√	√
Model 2:
Average temperature in the warm months of past year	0.95 [0.94, 0.96]***	0.92 [0.90, 0.94]***	0.94 [0.92, 0.96]***
Average relative humidity in the past year	0.993 [0.99, 0.997]***	0.989 [0.98, 0.99]***	0.989 [0.98, 0.996]***
Covariates	√	√	√
Model 3:
Average of daily maximum temperature in the past year	0.96 [0.96, 0.97]***	0.93 [0.92, 0.94]***	0.95 [0.94, 0.97]***
Average relative humidity in the past year	0.995 [0.99, 0.999]**	0.993 [0.99, 0.999]**	0.991 [0.98, 0.998]**
Covariates	√	√	√
Model 4:
Average of daily minimum temperature in the past year	0.97 [0.96, 0.98]***	0.94 [0.93, 0.96]***	0.96 [0.95, 0.97]***
Average relative humidity in the past year	0.996 [0.99, 1.001]	0.996 [0.99, 1.002]	0.994 [0.99, 1.002]
Covariates	√	√	√

Note: The same as Table 3.