Daily diurnal temperature range associated with outpatient visits of acute lower respiratory infection in children: A time-series study in Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diurnal temperature range (DTR) has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for mortality and morbidity, but the association between DTR and acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) outpatient visits has not been examined among children in China.

Methods

A total of 79,416 ALRI outpatient visits among children were obtained from the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital between 2013 and 2019. DTR was calculated by taking the difference between the maximum and the minimum temperatures. Generalized additive models using a quasi-Poisson distribution were used to model the relationship between DTR and ALRI outpatient visits.

Results

Diurnal temperature range was significantly associated with elevated risks of ALRI outpatient visits: the excess risks

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9632279 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature