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Table 3 Explanatory variables by statistical model

From: Local daily temperatures, thermal seasons, and suicide rates in Finland from 1974 to 2010

Explanatory variable

Statistical model

1

2

3

4

5ss

6aw

1

T(day 0)

*

*

 

*

*

*

2

∆T 1 = T(day 0) − T(day-1)

*

*

 

*

*

*

3

∆T 2 = T(day 0) − T(day-2)

*

*

 

*

*

*

4

∆T 3 = T(day 0) − T(day-3)

*

*

 

*

*

*

5

∆T 4 = T(day 0) − T(day-4)

*

*

 

*

*

*

6

∆T 5 = T(day 0) − T(day-5)

*

*

 

*

*

*

7

∆T d  = T max (day 0) − T min (day 0)

*

*

 

*

*

*

8

Thermal seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)

*

*

    

9

Number of days (from the onset of thermal spring)

*

*

*

   

10

Number of days (from the onset of thermal summer)

*

*

*

   

11

Number of days (from the onset of thermal autumn)

*

*

*

   

12

Number of days (from the onset of thermal winter)

*

*

*

   

13

Astronomical seasons (spring, summer, autumn, winter)

*

     

14

Number of days (from the onset of astronomical spring)

*

     

15

Number of days (from the onset of astronomical summer)

*

     

16

Number of days (from the onset of astronomical autumn)

*

     

17

Number of days (from the onset of astronomical winter)

*

     

18

Mismatch days of astronomical and thermal seasons

*

     

19

Weekday

*

*

  

*

*

20

Number of days (from the onset of calendar year)

*

*

    

21

Calendar year

*

*

*

*

*

*

  1. Variables in italics (#7, #8, #13, #18, #19) were analyzed as categorical variables, whereas the natural spline method was applied for the rest
  2. * The use of the variable in the model
  3. T mean daily temperature, T(Day 0) daily mean temperature on the day of completed suicides, T(Day-1) daily mean temperature on the previous day of completed suicides, T(Day-2) daily mean temperature 2 days before the completed suicides, T(Day-3) daily mean temperature 3 days before the completed suicides, T(Day-4) daily mean temperature 4 days before the completed suicides, T(Day-5) daily mean temperature 5 days before the completed suicides, ∆T change in daily mean temperature; ss dates during the astronomic spring and summer (21 March–21 September) were analyzed in the model; aw dates during the astronomic autumn and winter (22 September–20 March) were analyzed in the model