Health risk and disease burden of daily hospitalizations for vaginitis due to air pollution: evidence from a heavily-polluted-city in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of ambient air pollutants on gynecological infections, particularly vaginitis, has been minimally explored.

Method

Data were collected from a heavily polluted city in Central China from 2015 to 2017. We employed a Poisson generalized additive model (GAM) to evaluate the impacts of air pollutants on vaginitis hospitalizations. Effect modifications by age and season were further assessed via stratified analyses. Additionally, attributable fractions (AFs) and numbers (ANs) of hospitalizations due to air pollutant exceedances were calculated to further estimate the disease burden.

Results

A total of 13,828 hospitalizations for vaginitis were recorded. In general, the concentrations of PM_2.5, PM₁₀, SO₂, and NO₂

SUBMITTER: Lin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12305894 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature