Relationship between temperature variability and daily hospitalisations in Hong Kong over two decades.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have highlighted the impacts of temperature variability (TV) on mortality from respiratory diseases and cardiovascular diseases, with inconsistent results specifically in subtropical urban areas than temperate ones. We aimed to fully determine TV-associated health risks over a spectrum of diseases and various subgroups in a subtropical setting.

Methods

Using inpatient data from all public hospitals in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2019, we examined the TV-hospitalisation associations by causes, ages, and seasons by fitting a quasi-Poisson regression. We presented the results as estimated percentage changes of hospitalisations per interquartile range (IQR) of TV.

Results

TVs in exposure days from 0-5 days (TV_0-5) to 0-7 days (TV_0-7) ha

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569366 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature