Changes in ambient temperature increase hospital outpatient visits for allergic rhinitis in Xinxiang, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of ambient temperature on allergic rhinitis (AR) remains unclear. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the relationship between ambient temperature and the risk of AR outpatients in Xinxiang, China.

Method

Daily data of outpatients for AR, meteorological conditions, and ambient air pollution in Xinxiang, China were collected from 2015 to 2018. The lag-exposure-response relationship between daily mean temperature and the number of hospital outpatient visits for AR was analyzed by distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). Humidity, long-time trends, day of the week, public holidays, and air pollutants including sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) were controlled as covariates simultaneously.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8004401 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature