Table 3 summarizes the effect estimates per unit change in
temperature from the MMT. The cold effect strengthened with
longer lag periods whereas the heat effect decreased gradually and was statistically insignificant when using longer lag periods. Significant
effects of cold exposure were observed for all lag periods
examined. For example, a 1 C decrease in temperature below the
MMT corresponded to a 3.81% (95%CI: 1.48%, 6.14%) increase in
OHCD mortality when using lags of 0e21 days. The effects of hot
temperature were restricted within the first 3 lag days. A 1 C increase
in temperature above the MMT lead to a 4.61% (95%CI: 0.88%,
8.34%) increase in OHCD mortality when using lags of 0e3 days. We
did not observe any significant effects of temperature changes on
IHCD mortality, regardless of lag length used.