Diurnal Temperature Range in Relation to Daily Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT: Diurnal temperature range (DTR) is an important meteorological indicator associated with global climate change, and has been linked with mortality and morbidity in previous studies. To date, however, little evidence has been available regarding the association of DTR with years of life lost (YLL). This study aimed to evaluate the DTR-related burden on both YLL and mortality. We collected individual records of all registered deaths and daily meteorological data in Wuhan, central China, between 2009 and 2012. For the whole population, every 1 °C increase in DTR at a lag of 0-1 days was associated with an increase of 0.65% (95% CI: 0.08-1.23) and 1.42 years (-0.88-3.72) for mortality and YLL due to non-accidental deaths, respectively. Relatively stronger DTR-mortality/YLL associations were fo

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature