Ambient temperature and seasonal variation in inpatient mortality from respiratory diseases: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The seasonal fluctuation in mortality and hospital admissions from respiratory diseases, with a winter peak and a summer trough, is widely recognized in extratropical countries. However, little is known about the seasonality of inpatient mortality and the role of ambient temperature remains uncertain. We aimed to analyse the association between ambient temperature and in-hospital mortality from respiratory diseases in the provinces of Madrid and Barcelona, Spain.

Methods

We used data on daily hospitalisations, weather (ie, temperature and relative humidity) and air pollutants (ie, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, NO₂ and O₃) for the Spanish provinces of Madrid and Barcelona during 2006-2019. We applied a daily time-series quasi-Poisson regr

SUBMITTER: Achebak H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10730325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature