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Table 3 Mean, minimum, maximum temperature and relative humidity (RH) variations of different structure types in indoor and outdoor environments

From: Microclimate variables of the ambient environment deliver the actual estimates of the extrinsic incubation period of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum: a study from a malaria-endemic urban setting, Chennai in India

Structure

Indoor/outdoor

Temperature (°C)

RH (%)

DTR (°C)

DRHR (%)

Mean (min, max)

95% CI

Mean (min, max)

95% CI

Mean (min, max)

95% CI

Mean (min, max)

95% CI

Asbestos

Indoor

30.89 (25.86, 35.49)

30.79–31.00

69.67 (44.76, 90.66)

69.55–69.79

4.45 (0.69, 8.33)

4.42–4.57

16.95 (0.77, 43.24)

16.47–17.44

Outdoor

29.98 (25.36, 36.59)

29.94–30.03

72.61 (45.98, 93.75)

72.48–72.73

7.96 (0.59, 25.82)

7.68–8.24

15.97 (0.63, 57.2)

15.21–16.72

Concrete

Indoor

30.68 (26.17, 35.92)

30.58–30.79

70.3 (45.02, 92.64)

70.19–70.42

2.42 (0.4, 6.65)

2.35–2.49

13.4 (1.76, 44.41)

12.99–13.82

Outdoor

29.13 (24.84, 34.56)

29.11–29.16

74.34 (48.54, 94.82)

74.24–74.45

3.14 (0.39, 9.77)

3.05–3.23

7.84 (0.4, 40.52)

7.49–8.20

Thatched

Indoor

29.8 (25.56, 34.3)

29.69–29.90

72.2 (45.51, 92.12)

72.08–72.32

5.06 (0.49, 11.55)

4.95–5.16

17.41 (1.79, 54.61)

16.82–17.99

Outdoor

29.37 (24.58, 34.54)

29.33–29.40

76.27 (46.85, 100.09)

76.15–76.38

5.88 (0.59, 15.75)

5.74–6.02

7.56 (0.56, 39.27)

7.10–8.02

Tiled

Indoor

30.77 (26.46, 35.64)

30.65–30.89

69.9 (40.52, 94.37)

69.77–70.03

3.36 (0.59, 7.75)

3.27–3.45

14.78 (1.46, 44.59)

14.35–15.20

Outdoor

30. 24 (25.57, 35.54)

30.20–30.28

74.57 (49.18, 98.31)

74.44–74.71

6.83 (0.98, 19.17)

6.63–7.03

17.44 (0.11, 54.58)

16.74–18.15

OHT

Outdoor

31.19 (24.93, 42.36)

31.15–31.24

79.13 (43.15, 103.8)

79.05–79.22

12.87 (0.98, 35.15)

12.59–13.14

7.27 (0, 44.88)

7.64–8.29

Vegetation

Outdoor

28.86 (24.45, 34.82)

28.83–28.88

77.68 (51.24, 103.73)

77.61–77.76

6.57 (0.89, 22.72)

6.44–6.69

4.65 (0.01, 50.89)

4.43–4.86

Well

Outdoor

28.48 (25.29, 32.85)

28.46–28.49

90. 93 (39.38, 105.24)

90.84–91.02

1.86 (0.1, 17.73)

1.76–1.95

1.84 (0, 46.63)

1.68–1.99