Associations between mortality and meteorological and pollutant variables during the cool season in two Asian cities with sub-tropical climates: Hong Kong and Taipei

Table 3 Results of Poisson GAMS without cold wave indicator: Taipei, Taiwan, cool season (January-March and November-December, 1999–2008

	Lag 0–17 Mean Temperature 10 C drop		Lag 0–17 Mean Relative Humidity 10% decrease		Lag 0–5 O₃10 ppb increase
	% Increase (95)	p	% Increase	p	% Increase	p
All	36 (28, 44)	<.001	−2.5(−4.8, -0.1)	.038	3.1 (0.8, 5.5)	.009
Male	37 (26, 48)	<.001	−3.2 (−6.1,-0.1)	.043	3.1 (0.1, 6.1)	.044
Female	33 (21, 45)	<.001	−1.5 (−5.0, 2.1)	.41	3.3 (−0.2, 6.9)	.069
Age
45-64	13 (2, 25)	.016	1.3 (−3.7, 6.5)	.62	0.5 (−4.0, 5.1)	.83
65-74	28 (14, 44)	<.001	−4.8 (−9.6, 0.0)	.061	3.0 (−1.9,8.2)	.23
75-84	46 (33, 62)	<.001	−2.0(−5.8, 2.0)	.32	2.1 (−1.7, 6.0)	.28
85+	38 (22. 55)	<.001	−2.7 (−7.5, 2.5)	.30	6.4 (1.5, 11.7)	.011
Cause of Death
Cancer	3 (−7, 14)	.60	−1.7 (−5.7, 2.3)	.45	3.7 (−0.4, 7.9)	.078
Cardiovascular Diseases (excl stroke)	64 (47, 85)	<.001	2.2 (−3.6, 8.3)	.47	3.4 (−1.8, 8.9)	.21
Respiratory	22 (9, 37)	<.001	−2.1 (−7.4, 3.6)	.46	5.5 (0.4, 10.9)	.033
Respiratory infections	80 (44, 124)	<.001	4.0 (−7.2, 16.5)	.49	6.1 (−4.0, 17.3)	.24
Stroke	46 (22, 74)	<.001	−8.9 (−15.9,-2.2)	.011	0.5 (−6.5, 8.1)	.88
Nephritis	42 (13, 79)	.002	−5.6 (−15.9, 5.8)	.32	15.4 (4.3, 27.6)	.005
Septicaemia	21 (−21, 86)	.39	4.0 (−15.6, 28.0)	.71	4.8(−13.4, 26.8)	.63
Diabetes	56 (26, 94)	<.001	−1.8 (−10.2, 7.5)	.67	0.1 (−8.0. 9.0)	.96
Cirrhosis	15 (−14, 56)	.35	0.7 (−14.3,16.7)	.92	−11(−21, 16)	.083

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