Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admissions in Beijing, China (2013-2017).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Evidence between air pollution and COPD admissions is inconsistent and limited in China. In this study, we aimed to explore the effects of air pollutants on COPD admissions in Beijing, China.

Patients and methods

Daily COPD hospital admission visits derived from tertiary and secondary hospitals in Beijing were retrieved from January 2013 to February 2017. Air pollutant levels and meteorological data over the same periods were also achieved. Generalized additive model was applied to estimate the percentage changes with 95% CIs in daily admissions corresponding to 10 µg/m³ increases in pollutants levels [1 mg/m³ in carbon monoxide (CO)], stratified by age, gender, and season.

Results

Seventy-three thousand seventy-six COPD hospital admissio

SUBMITTER: Gao N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350834 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature