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Table 1 Overall relative risk estimates for cold effect and heat effect (at different temperatures)

From: The adverse effect of ambient temperature on respiratory deaths in a high population density area: the case of Malta

Daily mean Temperature (percentiles)

Relative Risk

Lower

Upper

8.92 °C (1st)

2.24*

1.10*

4.54*

10.99 °C (5th)

1.62

0.86

3.08

12.06 °C (10th)

1.43

0.77

2.66

26.70 °C (90th)

1.06

0.70

1.61

27.86 °C (95th)

1.11

0.68

1.80

30.05 °C (99th)

1.28

0.67

2.44

  1. Minimum mortality temperature (22.1 °C)
  2. p-value * < 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001
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