Association between grass, tree and weed pollen and asthma health outcomes in Adelaide, South Australia: a time series regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aim to establish daily risk estimates of the relationships between grass, tree and weed pollen and asthma health outcomes.

Design

Time series regression analysis of exposure and health outcomes using interaction by month to determine risk estimates all year round.

Setting

Metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia.

Participants

Health outcomes for asthma are based on 15 years of hospital admissions, 13 years emergency presentations and ambulance callouts. In adults (≥18 years), there were 10 381 hospitalisations, 26 098 emergency department (ED) presentations and 11 799 ambulance callouts and in children (0-17 years), 22 114, 39 813 and 3774, respectively.

Outcome measures

The cumulative effect of 7 day lags was calculated as the sum of the coe

SUBMITTER: Nitschke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9723903 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature