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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change profoundly shapes the population health at the global scale. However, there was still insufficient and inconsistent evidence for the association between heat exposure and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods

In the present study, we studied the association of heat exposure with hospitalizations for cause-specific CKD using a national inpatient database in China during the study period of hot season from 2015 to 2018. Standard time-series regression models and random-effects meta-analysis were developed to estimate the city-specific and national averaged associations at a 7 lag-day span, respectively.

Results

A total of 768,129 hospitalizations for CKD was recorded during the study period. The results showed that higher temperature was associ

SUBMITTER: Wang FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478241 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature