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Table 3 Over-dispersion for the calibration period and the validation period, by group of temperature indicators

From: A predictive model relating daily fluctuations in summer temperatures and mortality rates

  

Over-dispersion

Group excluded from the full model

Number of temperature variables

Calibration period 1975–2002

Validation period 2003

Full model

29

2.10

3.67

- G1 t-5

28

2.10

3.67

- G1 t-1

27

2.10

3.67

- GCUM2'

26

2.10

3.32

- G1 t

25

2.10

3.36

- GCUM1 t-4

24

2.10

3.36

- G2'

22

2.10

3.33

- GCUM1 t-3

21

2.10

3.39

- GCUM2

20

2.10

3.34

- G1 t-4

18

2.11

3.33

- G1 t-3

16

2.11

3.33

- GCUM1 t-5

14

2.11

3.51

- GCUM1 t-1

12

2.12

4.55

- G1 t-2

10

2.13

4.28

- GCUM1 t-2

7

2.22

13.61

- GCUM1 t

4

2.73

67.49

- GMA

3

3.14

59.97

- G2 (= model M 0 )

0

5.64

133.71

  1. The groups of temperature indicators were selected using the backward method.