Association between heat interference with daily activities and health and well-being outcomes among cohort members
| Adjusted* OR and 95% CI | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life satisfaction (score 0–10)† | Energy level in the past 4 weeks | Emotional problems in the past 4 weeks | |||||||
| Heat interference category N=60569 | High versus highest | Medium versus highest | Low versus highest | Quite a lot versus very much | Some versus very much | Little/none versus very much | Slightly versus not at all | Moderate versus not at all | Extreme versus not at all |
| Sleep | |||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Sometimes | 1.46 (1.37 to 1.55) | 1.66 (1.55 to 1.78) | 1.42 (1.30 to 1.55) | 1.48 (1.38 to 1.59) | 1.76 (1.63 to 1.90) | 1.65 (1.48 to 1.84) | 1.94 (1.80 to 2.10) | 2.48 (2.28 to 2.70) | 2.23 (2.02 to 2.46) |
| Often | 1.50 (1.41 to 1.60) | 2.10 (1.95 to 2.25) | 2.49 (2.28 to 2.71) | 1.52 (1.40 to 1.64) | 2.44 (2.25 to 2.64) | 2.91 (2.61 to 3.25) | 2.27 (2.07 to 2.48) | 3.86 (3.50 to 4.26) | 4.81 (4.32 to 5.36) |
| Housework | |||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Sometimes | 1.42 (1.35 to 1.50) | 1.65 (1.56 to 1.76) | 1.44 (1.33 to 1.56) | 1.46 (1.36 to 1.56) | 1.76 (1.64 to 1.89) | 1.70 (1.54 to 1.87) | 1.79 (1.66 to 1.93) | 2.21 (2.04 to 2.39) | 2.05 (1.87 to 2.24) |
| Often | 1.32 (1.25 to 1.40) | 1.79 (1.68 to 1.90) | 2.11 (1.95 to 2.28) | 1.31 (1.22 to 1.40) | 2.04 (1.89 to 2.19) | 2.34 (2.13 to 2.58) | 1.82 (1.68 to 1.96) | 2.86 (2.62 to 3.11) | 3.35 (3.05 to 3.67) |
| Daily travel | |||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Sometimes | 1.36 (1.28 to 1.44) | 1.60 (1.49 to 1.70) | 1.36 (1.25 to 1.49) | 1.40 (1.30 to 1.50) | 1.66 (1.54 to 1.79) | 1.51 (1.35 to 1.67) | 1.64 (1.52 to 1.77) | 2.00 (1.84 to 2.18) | 1.78 (1.61 to 1.97) |
| Often | 1.33 (126 to 1.41) | 1.82 (1.72 to 1.94) | 2.13 (1.97 to 2.30) | 1.36 (1.28 to 1.46) | 2.13 (1.98 to 2.28) | 2.30 (2.10 to 2.53) | 1.85 (1.71 to 1.99) | 2.82 (2.60 to 3.06) | 3.51 (3.21 to 3.85) |
| Work | |||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Sometimes | 1.32 (1.24 to 1.40) | 1.63 (1.52 to 1.75) | 1.40 (1.28 to 1.54) | 1.40 (1.30 to 1.51) | 1.65 (1.52 to 1.80) | 1.64 (1.46 to 1.84) | 1.78 (1.63 to 1.93) | 2.22 (2.03 to 2.44) | 2.08 (1.87 to 2.32) |
| Often | 1.37 (1.30 to 1.45) | 1.87 (1.75 to 1.99) | 2.17 (2.01 to 2.36) | 1.36 (1.27 to 1.45) | 2.13 (1.98 to 2.29) | 2.45 (2.22 to 2.71) | 1.85 (1.71 to 1.99) | 2.96 (2.73 to 3.24) | 3.64 (3.31 to 4.00) |
| Exercise | |||||||||
| Never | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref |
| Sometimes | 1.26 (1.19 to 1.33) | 1.40 (1.32 to 1.48) | 1.10 (1.02 to 1.18) | 1.41 (1.32 to 1.51) | 1.58 (1.48 to 1.70) | 1.33 (1.21 to 1.46) | 1.57 (1.45 to 1.71) | 1.90 (1.75 to 2.05) | 1.55 (1.42 to 1.69) |
| Often | 1.17 (1.11 to 1.24) | 1.42 (1.33 to 1.51) | 1.38 (1.28 to 1.49) | 1.24 (1.16 to 1.33) | 1.59 (1.48 to 1.71) | 1.57 (1.43 to 1.73) | 1.58 (1.46 to 1.71) | 2.16 (1.98 to 2.35) | 2.14 (1.94 to 2.35) |
*Multivariate regression adjusting for potential confounders: age, sex, marital status, work status, household income, urban-rural residence, exercise, housework, hours of sleep, body mass index, smoking and drinking.
†Life satisfaction scores: highest=9–10, high=8, medium=6–7 and low=0–5.