Associations between Different Ozone Indicators and Cardiovascular Hospital Admission: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Analysis in Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT: Epidemiological studies reported that ozone (O₃) is associated with cardiovascular diseases. However, only few of these studies examined the impact of multiple O₃ indicators on cardiovascular hospital admissions. This study aimed to explore and compare the impacts of different O₃ indicators on cardiovascular hospital admissions in Guangzhou, China. Based upon the data on daily cardiovascular hospital admissions, air pollution, and meteorological factors in Guangzhou from 2014 to 2018, a time-stratified case-crossover design model was used to analyze the associations between different O₃ indicators and cardiovascular hospital admissions. Moreover, the sensitivities of different age and gender groups were analyzed for the whole year and different s

SUBMITTER: Zhang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9916254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature