Morbidity burden of respiratory diseases attributable to ambient temperature: a case study in a subtropical city in China.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There are significant associations between ambient temperature and respiratory disease mortality. However, few studies have assessed the morbidity burdens of various respiratory diseases that are attributable to different temperature ranges in subtropical regions. METHODS:Daily outpatient visits, weather variables, and air pollution data were collected from January 2013 to August 2017 in a hospital in Dongguan city. A standard time series quasi-Poisson regression with a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) was applied to estimate the associations between daily mean temperature and morbidity for total respiratory diseases, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and asthma. Attributable fractions were then calculated to quantify disease burden relative to

SUBMITTER: Zhao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature