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Table 2 Relative risk of rhinitis admissions associated with 3.8 °C (5th percentile) decrease in temperature change between two adjacent days (Reference = 0.2 °C, 50th percentile)

From: Impact of temperature variability on childhood allergic rhinitis in a subtropical city of China

AR cases (total, sex, age, and occupation)

Lag0

Lag4

Lag5

Lag8

Lag12

Lag14

Lag17

Lag20

Total

0.99 (0.98,1.01)

1.01 (0.99,1.02)

1.01 (1.00,1.03)

1.02 (1.00,1.04)

1.02 (1.01,1.04)

1.02 (1.00,1.04)

1.02 (1.00,1.04)

1.01 (1.00,1.03)

Male

1.00 (0.97,1.02)

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

1.02 (1.00,1.04)

1.03 (1.00,1.05)

1.03 (1.00,1.05)

1.02 (1.00–1.04)

1.02 (1.00,1.04)

Female

0.99 (0.96,1.03)

1.01 (0.98,1.03)

1.01 (0.98,1.04)

1.02 (0.98,1.05)

1.02 (0.99,1.05)

1.02 (0.99,1.05)

1.02 (0.99,1.04)

1.01 (0.97,1.04)

0–4 years

1.01 (0.96,1.06)

1.03 (0.99,1.07)

1.03 (0.99,1.07)

1.04 (0.98,1.09)

1.03 (0.98,1.09)

1.02 (0.98,1.07)

1.01 (0.97,1.05)

0.99 (0.94,1.04)

5–14 years

0.99 (0.97,1.01)

1.00 (0.98,1.02)

1.00 (0.99,1.02)

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

1.01 (0.99,1.04)

1.02 (1.00,1.03)

1.01 (1.00,1.03)

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

15 years

1.10 (0.98,1.23)

1.13 (1.03,1.23)

1.13 (1.03,1.24)

1.15 (1.03,1.28)

1.18 (1.06,1.31)

1.19 (1.08,1.32)

1.22 (1.12,1.33)

1.24 (1.11,1.38)

Nursery children

0.99 (0.95,1.02)

1.00 (0.97,1.02)

1.00 (0.97,1.03)

1.01 (0.97,1.04)

1.01 (0.98,1.05)

1.01 (0.98,1.04)

1.01 (0.98,1.04)

1.01 (0.98,1.05)

Scattered children

1.00 (0.97,1.03)

1.00 (0.98,1.03)

1.00 (0.98,1.03)

1.01 (0.98,1.04)

1.00 (0.97,1.04)

1.00 (0.97,1.03)

0.99 (0.97,1.02)

0.98 (0.95,1.02)

Students

1.00 (0.96,1.03)

1.02 (0.99,1.05)

1.02 (1.00,1.05)

1.04 (1.01,1.07)

1.05 (1.02,1.09)

1.05 (1.02,1.09)

1.06 (1.03,1.09)

1.06 (1.02,1.09)