Short-term air pollution and fracture admissions in Beijing.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited evidence exists on the links between ambient air pollution and fractures. This study aimed to investigate the association between short-term exposure to criteria air pollutants and hospital admissions for fractures.

Methods

We collected daily data on six criteria air pollutants and fracture admissions from Beijing Jishuitan Hospital between June 2021 and May 2023. Generalized additive models (GAM) with quasi-Poisson regression were applied to quantify the effects of air pollutants on admissions.

Results

We identified 16,532 records on fracture admissions. At the lag03 day, an increase of 1 μg/m³ in PM_2.5 and NO₂ was significantly associated with a 0.12% (95% CI: 0.01, 0.23%) and 0.26% (95% CI: 0.01, 0.51%) increase in fractur

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12441165 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature