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Table 4 Results on the 65-74 age group.

From: Susceptibility to heat wave-related mortality: a follow-up study of a cohort of elderly in Rome

 

65-74 ages

 

Deaths

MR *1000

RD *1000

(95% IC)

RR

(95% IC)

REM Index

p-value

 

Heat wave

Heat wave

      
 

no

yes

no

yes

      

HDD

          

Malignant neoplasm

          

no

1503

796

6.6

7.5

0.9

(0.3; 1.5)

1.14

(1.05 - 1.24)

1.00

 

yes

1250

590

141.9

143.7

1.8

(-12.2; 15.8)

1.02

(0.93 - 1.13)

0.89

0.092

Diabetes mellitus

          

no

2363

1200

10.3

11.3

1.0

(0.2; 1.7)

1.10

(1.02 - 1.17)

1.00

 

yes

390

186

47.7

48.9

1.2

(-7.3; 9.6)

1.03

(0.87 - 1.23)

0.94

0.550

Other CNS disorders

          

no

2534

1270

10.8

11.7

0.9

(0.1; 1.6)

1.08

(1.01 - 1.16)

1.00

 

yes

219

116

75.2

87.0

11.7

(-7.0; 30.4)

1.15

(0.92 - 1.44)

1.07

0.615

Ischaemic heart diseases

          

no

2396

1222

10.4

11.5

1.0

(0.3; 1.8)

1.10

(1.03 - 1.18)

1.00

 

yes

357

164

45.0

44.6

-0.4

(-8.7; 7.9)

1.01

(0.84 - 1.21)

0.92

0.398

Conduction disorders

          

no

2683

1351

11.4

12.3

1.0

(0.2; 1.7)

1.08

(1.02 - 1.16)

1.00

 

yes

70

35

45.7

49.7

4.0

(-15.7; 23.6)

1.09

(0.73 - 1.61)

1.00

0.992

Cardiac dysrhythmias

          

no

2443

1259

10.5

11.7

1.2

(0.4; 1.9)

1.11

(1.04 - 1.19)

1.00

 

yes

310

127

57.2

50.5

-6.7

(-17.6; 4.1)

0.90

(0.73 - 1.10)

0.81

0.055

Heart failure

          

no

2552

1286

10.8

11.7

0.9

(0.2; 1.7)

1.09

(1.02 - 1.16)

1.00

 

yes

201

100

106.9

115.0

8.2

(-18.8; 35.1)

1.10

(0.87 - 1.40)

1.01

0.892

Other cardiovascular diseases

          

no

1935

983

9.0

9.8

0.8

(0.1; 1.6)

1.09

(1.01 - 1.18)

1.00

 

yes

818

403

37.0

39.4

2.4

(-2.2; 7.0)

1.06

(0.95 - 1.2)

0.97

0.697

Chronic pulmonary diseases

          

no

2435

1209

10.5

11.2

0.7

(0.0; 1.5)

1.07

(1.00 - 1.15)

1.00

 

yes

318

177

59.9

72.8

12.9

(0.3; 25.5)

1.23

(1.03 - 1.48)

1.15

0.155

Acute and chronic liver diseases

          

no

2595

1315

11.0

12.0

1.0

(0.2; 1.8)

1.09

(1.02 - 1.17)

1.00

 

yes

158

71

95.7

93.1

-2.7

(-28.9; 23.6)

1.00

(0.76 - 1.33)

0.92

0.567

Renal failure

          

no

2529

1291

10.7

11.8

1.1

(0.3; 1.8)

1.10

(1.03 - 1.18)

1.00

 

yes

224

95

127.7

115.7

-12.0

(-40.6; 16.7)

0.93

(0.73 - 1.18)

0.85

0.177

Psychiatric disorders

          

no

2658

1331

11.3

12.2

0.9

(0.1; 1.7)

1.08

(1.01 - 1.15)

1.00

 

yes

95

55

47.2

59.2

12.0

(-6.3; 30.2)

1.27

(0.91 - 1.77)

1.18

0.350

Cerebrovascular diseases

          

no

2455

1239

10.6

11.5

0.9

(0.2; 1.7)

1.09

(1.02 - 1.17)

1.00

 

yes

298

147

51.8

54.9

3.1

(-7.5; 13.8)

1.08

(0.88 - 1.31)

0.99

0.907

Number of HDD for any other causes

          

0-1

2555

1309

11.0

12.1

1.1

(0.4; 1.9)

1.11

(1.04 - 1.18)

1.00

 

2-3

151

62

29.4

26.2

-3.2

(-11.2; 4.8)

0.89

(0.66 - 1.20)

0.80

0.161

4+

47

15

98.4

68.9

-29.5

(-74.3; 15.3)

0.68

(0.38 - 1.21)

0.61

0.099

  1. Mortality rate (MR), risk difference (RD), adjusted mortality relative risk (RR) and relative effect modification (REM) index for hospitalization diagnosed diseases (HDD) modalities by heat wave.