Table 3 Percent change (and 95% Confidence Interval (CI)) in mortality per increase in the 2-day mean temperature from the 75th to the 99th percentile of the area-specific distribution, (a) without an interaction with air pollution and (b) by low, medium, and high levels of air pollutant represented by 5th (l), 50th (m), and 95th (h) percentile of area-specific distribution. Results of second stage analysis pooling municipality level effectsa
Pollutant level | Natural-cause mortality | p-valueb | Cardio-pulmonary mortality | p-valueb | Cardiovascular mortality | p-valueb | Respiratory mortality | p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No pollutant | ||||||||
 – | 12.78 (11.12–14.45) |  | 13.38 (10.83- 15.99) |  | 9.97 (7.31- 12.70) |  | 22.62 (16.85- 28.68) |  |
PM10 | ||||||||
 l | 12.40 (7.76–17.24) | 0.012 | 5.78 (−0.96–12.98) | < 0.001 | 1.08 (− 5.41–8.01) | 0.001 | 7.72 (− 7.04–24.82) | < 0.001 |
 m | 19.54 (16.64–22.50) | 14.54 (11.20–17.98) | 7.42 (4.04–10.92) | 40.91 (30.47–52.17) | ||||
 h | 21.25 (17.83–24.76) | 23.47 (18.72–28.41) | 15.98 (11.16–21.00) | 54.30 (38.97–71.31) | ||||
O3 | ||||||||
 l | 10.09 (−5.62–28.41) | 0.450 | − 7.84 (− 23.48–10.99) | 0.001 | −7.61 (− 27.01–16.94) | 0.053 | 25.61 (−12.72–80.77) | 0.008 |
 m | 11.79 (9.00–14.64) | 11.55 (6.92–16.39) | 8.87 (3.72–14.28) | 12.57 (1.12–25.32) | ||||
 h | 14.95 (10.79–19.27) | 23.66 (16.61–31.13) | 17.72 (10.06–25.91) | 47.69 (29.34–68.64) | ||||
NO2 | ||||||||
 l | 11.00 (7.60–14.51) | < 0.001 | 8.94 (3.92–14.20) | < 0.001 | 6.47 (0.43–12.87) | 0.040 | 15.56 (4.97–27.21) | 0.019 |
 m | 15.29 (13.23–17.39) | 16.90 (13.90–19.99) | 13.24 (10.01–16.56) | 27.58 (19.00–36.78) | ||||
 h | 5.78 (2.50–9.17) | 7.35 (3.39–11.46) | 6.04 (0.40–12.00) | 4.75 (−7.83–19.04) | ||||