Association between ambient temperature and genitourinary emergency ambulance dispatches in Japan: A nationwide case-crossover study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the effects of temperature on genitourinary morbidity and mortality have been investigated in several countries, it remains largely unexplored in Japan. We investigated the association between ambient temperature and genitourinary emergency ambulance dispatches (EADs) in Japan and the modifying roles of sex, age, and illness severity.

Methods

We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study with conditional quasi-Poisson regression to estimate the association between mean temperature and genitourinary EADs in all prefectures of Japan between 2015 and 2019. A mixed-effects meta-analysis was used to pool the association at the country level. Subgroup analyses were performed to explore differences in associations stratified by sex, age, and illness severi

SUBMITTER: Mano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11008653 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature