Table 5 Crude and adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) for percentile-based indicators of PM2.5 and temperature exposures

From: The synergistic effects of PM2.5 and high temperature on community mortality in British Columbia

Predictors

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

PM2.5 Percentiles (range, µg/m3)

<50th (2.0–6.1)

Ref

Ref

50th–60th (6.1, 6.6)

1.01 (0.96, 1.07)

1.01 (0.95, 1.06)

60th–70th (6.6, 7.2)

1.01 (0.96, 1.06)

0.98 (0.93, 1.04)

70th–80th (7.2, 8.1)

1.08 (1.02, 1.14)

1.04 (0.98, 1.10)

80th–90th (8.1, 10.1)

1.03 (0.98, 1.09)

0.98 (0.93, 1.04)

>90th (10.1, 122)

1.23 (1.17, 1.30)

1.15 (1.08, 1.22)

Temperature Percentiles (rangeo,C)

<50th (–3.3, 9.1)

Ref

Ref

50th–60th (14.6, 15.7)

1.02 (0.96 – 1.08)

1.01 (0.95 – 1.07)

60th–70th (15.7, 17)

1.08 (1.02 – 1.15)

1.07 (1.01 – 1.13)

70th–80th (17, 18.3)

1.09 (1.02 – 1.15)

1.07 (1.01 – 1.14)

80th–90th (18.3, 20.4)

1.16 (1.09 – 1.23)

1.13 (1.06 – 1.21)

> 90th (20.4, 35.3)

1.25 (1.18 – 1.33)

1.19 (1.11 – 1.27)

  1. Models were fit using conditional logistic regression using decedent ID as the strata.