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Table 2 Relative Risks (RR) and Relative Risk Ratios (RRR) for the different groups

From: The effect of heat waves on mortality in susceptible groups: a cohort study of a mediterranean and a northern European City

 

Group

 

Total

Men

Women

50-74 years

75+ years

Rome

CHF

RR (95% CI)

1.11 (0.99–1.24)

1.10 (0.93–1.29)

1.16 (1.00–1.36)

0.96 (0.75–1.25)

1.18 (1.04–1.33)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.06 (0.85–1.33)

1.00

1.22 (0.92–1.61)

 

COPD

RR (95% CI)

1.25 (1.09–1.43)

1.25 (1.05–1.49)

1.25 (1.02–1.55)

1.33 (1.03–1.73)

1.22 (1.05–1.43)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.00 (0.76–1.32)

1.00

0.92 (0.68–1.24)

 

DIABETES

RR (95% CI)

1.25 (1.14–1.37)

1.10 (0.96–1.26)

1.42 (1.25–1.62)

1.10 (0.93–1.31)

1.33 (1.19–1.48)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.30 (1.07–1.57)

1.00

1.20 (0.98–1.48)

 

PSYCHIATRIC

RR (95% CI)

1.21 (1.06–1.38)

1.11 (0.89–1.37)

1.28 (1.09–1.51)

1.17 (0.90–1.52)

1.23 (1.05–1.42)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.16 (0.89–1.52)

1.00

1.05 (0.78–1.40)

 

MI

RR (95% CI)

1.07 (0.83–1.39)

0.97 (0.68–1.44)

1.23 (0.82–1.83)

1.12 (0.70–1.80)

1.04 (0.75–1.45)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.27 (0.74–2.19)

1.00

0.93 (0.52–1.65)

 

LR

RR (95% CI)

1.20 (1.15–1.24)

1.11 (1.05–1.18)

1.27 (1.21–1.34)

1.13 (1.06–1.21)

1.23 (1.17–1.29)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.15 (1.06–1.24)

1.00

1.08 (0.99–1.18)

 

GENERAL

RR (95% CI)

1.22 (1.18–1.26)

1.13 (1.08–1.19)

1.30 (1.24–1.36)

1.13 (1.06–1.20)

1.26 (1.21–1.31)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.15 (1.07–1.22)

1.00

1.12 (1.04–1.18)

 

Group

 

Total

Men

Women

50–74 years

75+ years

Stockholm

CHF

RR (95% CI)

1.10 (1.02–1.19)

1.15 (1.03–1.26)

1.06 (0.96–1.18)

1.01 (0.85–1.20)

1.13 (1.04–1.23)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.92 (0.79–1.08)

1.00

1.12 (0.92–1.35)

 

COPD

RR (95% CI)

1.12 (0.94–1.33)

1.35 (1.06–1.73)

0.95 (0.75–1.21)

1.24 (0.94–1.63)

1.05 (0.84–1.31)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.70 (0.50–0.99)

1.00

0.85 (0.60–1.21)

 

DIABETES

RR (95% CI)

1.12 (1.00–1.25)

1.16 (1.00–1.36)

1.08 (0.91–1.26)

1.14 (0.96–1.35)

1.12 (0.97–1.30)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.92 (0.74–1.15)

1.00

0.98 (0.78–1.23)

 

PSYCHIATRIC

RR (95% CI)

1.33 (1.10–1.61)

1.28 (0.99–1.65)

1.40 (1.04–1.88)

1.25 (0.99–1.58)

1.52 (1.06–2.16)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

1.09 (0.74–1.61)

1.00

1.21 (0.79–1.85)

 

MI

RR (95% CI)

1.23 (1.02–1.50)

1.27 (0.97–1.67)

1.20 (0.91–1.58)

1.18 (0.79–1.78)

1.24 (0.99–1.55)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.94 (0.64–1.39)

1.00

1.05 (0.66–1.67)

 

LR

RR (95% CI)

1.01 (0.96–1.07)

1.03 (0.95–1.12)

1.00 (0.92–1.08)

1.02 (0.92–1.14)

1.03 (0.95–1.10)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.97 (0.87–1.08)

1.00

1.00 (0.88–1.14)

 

GENERAL

RR (95% CI)

1.08 (1.03–1.12)

1.12 (1.05–1.19)

1.04 (0.99–1.11)

1.07 (0.98–1.16)

1.09 (1.04–1.15)

  

RRR (95% CI)

 

1.00

0.93 (0.86–1.03)

1.00

1.02 (0.93–1.13)

  1. CHF-Congestive Heart Failure.
  2. COPD-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  3. MI-Survivors to Myocardial Infarction.
  4. LR-Low Risk Subgroup.