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Table 2 Relative risk (RR) and attributable fraction of hospitalizations for CKD associated with ambient high temperature (every 1 °C increase in daily mean temperature in hot season), grouped by three temperature zones

From: Heat exposure and hospitalizations for chronic kidney disease in China: a nationwide time series study in 261 major Chinese cities

Variable

RR (95% CI)

P-values for difference

Attributable fraction (%)

Overall

1.008 (1.003–1.012)

–

5.500 (− 13.549 to 20.730)

Temperature zone

   

 Temperate zone

0.999 (0.985–1.013)

Ref

–

 Warm-temperate zone

1.004 (0.996–1.012)

0.544

–

 Sub-tropical zone

1.011 (1.006–1.017)

0.120

7.124 (− 7.419 to 19.355)

  1. CKD chronic kidney disease, CI confidence interval, Ref reference