Exposure-lag-response associations between weather conditions and ankylosing spondylitis: a time series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have reported that their pain becomes worse when the local weather changes. However, there is limited evidence verifying the short-term associations between meteorological factors and outpatient visits for patients with AS. Therefore, this study evaluates this possible association.

Methods

Meteorological data and data on daily AS outpatient visits to a general hospital in Hefei, China, from 2014 to 2019 were collected and analysed. Distributed lag nonlinear models and Poisson regression models were employed to determine the association between weather conditions and outpatient visits; the results were also stratified by gender and age.

Results

High relative humidity is significantly associated with all patient visit

SUBMITTER: Xin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314534 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature