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Table 2 Association of prenatal and postnatal cumulative exposure to heat and cold with the MB-CDI score (from models unadjusted for pollution)

From: Impact of early life exposure to heat and cold on linguistic development in two-year-old children: findings from the ELFE cohort study

 

Prenatal period

Postnatal period

Exposure

Temperature

Cumulative effect

Temperature

Cumulative effect

Overall Heat

Ref (50th pct): Tmean = 13.9 °C

Ref (50th pct): Tmean = 11.5 °C

Moderate (90th pct)

Tmean = 19.8 °C

No critical window

Tmean = 20.0 °C

Wk 1–28: 0.883

(0.805–0.968)

Severe (95th pct)

Tmean = 21.2 °C

No critical window

Tmean = 21.9 °C

Wk 1–28: 0.852

(0.756–0.960)

Extreme (99th pct)

Tmean = 23.8 °C

No critical window

Tmean = 24.8 °C

Wk 1–28: 0.801

(0.678–0.947)

Daytime Heat

Ref (50th pct): Tmax = 19.9 °C

Ref (50th pct): Tmax = 16.8 °C

Moderate (90th pct)

Tmax = 26.2 °C

Wk 1–3: 1.026

(1.001–1.052)

Tmax = 25.6 °C

Wk 16–27: 0.973

(0.951–0.996)

Severe (95th pct)

Tmax = 27.9 °C

Wk 1–4: 1.043

(1.001–1.087)

Tmax = 28.8 °C

Wk 16–27: 0.965

(0.935–0.996)

Extreme (99th pct)

Tmax = 30.7 °C

Wk 1–4: 1.065

(1.003–1.13)

Tmax = 32.1 °C

Wk 17–27: 0.957

(0.920–0.996)

Night-time Heat

Ref (50th pct): Tmin = 8.3 °C

Ref (50th pct): Tmin = 7.3 °C

Moderate (90th pct)

Tmin = 14.3 °C

Wk 1–3: 1.027

(1.001–1.053)

&

Wk 13–20: 0.967

(0.939–0.997)

Tmin = 14.5 °C

Wk 1–24: 0.922

(0.859–0.989)

Severe (95th pct)

Tmin = 15.6 °C

Wk 1–3: 1.034

(1.002–1.068)

&

Wk 14–19: 0.968

(0.939–0.998)

Tmin = 16.0 °C

Wk 5–24: 0.927

(0.867–0.992)

Extreme (99th pct)

Tmin = 18.3 °C

Wk 1–4: 1.062

(1.004–1.124)

&

Wk 15–18: 0.969

(0.940–0.999)

Tmin = 18.9 °C

Wk 12–24: 0.946

(0.898–0.996)

Night-time Cold

Ref (50th pct): Tmin = 8.3 °C

Ref (50th pct): Tmin = 7.3 °C

Moderate (10th pct)

Tmin = 0.1 °C

Wk 16–22: 1.033

(1.007–1.059)

Tmin = 0.2 °C

No critical window

Severe (5th pct)

Tmin=-1.5 °C

Wk 17–22: 1.033

(1.006–1.061)

Tmin=-1.8 °C

No critical window

Extreme (1st pct)

Tmin=-4.0 °C

Wk 18–22: 1.035

(1.004–1.066)

Tmin=-7.3 °C

No critical window

  1. Cumulative adjusted risk ratio associated with ambient temperature exposure throughout an entire critical window for moderate, severe and extreme exposures. 95% confidence interval are also reported. Risks lower than one indicate that heat or cold, when compared to the median temperature, are associated with a reduction in the MB-CDI score. Conversely, risks higher than one indicate that heat or cold, relative to the median temperature, are linked to an increase in the MB-CDI score
  2. Legend. MB-CDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories; pct, percentile; Wk, Week