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Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study
BACKGROUND: Hot and cold temperatures have been associated with childhood asthma. However, the relationship between daily temperature variation and childhood asthma is not well understood. This study aimed to examine the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and childhood asthma. METH...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23374669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-12 |
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author | Xu, Zhiwei Huang, Cunrui Su, Hong Turner, Lyle R Qiao, Zhen Tong, Shilu |
author_facet | Xu, Zhiwei Huang, Cunrui Su, Hong Turner, Lyle R Qiao, Zhen Tong, Shilu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Hot and cold temperatures have been associated with childhood asthma. However, the relationship between daily temperature variation and childhood asthma is not well understood. This study aimed to examine the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and childhood asthma. METHODS: A Poisson generalized linear model combined with a distributed lag non-linear model was used to examine the relationship between DTR and emergency department admissions for childhood asthma in Brisbane, from January 1st 2003 to December 31st 2009. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant relationship between DTR and childhood asthma. The DTR effect on childhood asthma increased above a DTR of 10°C. The effect of DTR on childhood asthma was the greatest for lag 0–9 days, with a 31% (95% confidence interval: 11% – 58%) increase of emergency department admissions per 5°C increment of DTR. Male children and children aged 5–9 years appeared to be more vulnerable to the DTR effect than others. CONCLUSIONS: Large DTR may trigger childhood asthma. Future measures to control and prevent childhood asthma should include taking temperature variability into account. More protective measures should be taken after a day of DTR above10°C. |
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spelling | pubmed-35991002013-03-17 Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study Xu, Zhiwei Huang, Cunrui Su, Hong Turner, Lyle R Qiao, Zhen Tong, Shilu Environ Health Research BACKGROUND: Hot and cold temperatures have been associated with childhood asthma. However, the relationship between daily temperature variation and childhood asthma is not well understood. This study aimed to examine the relationship between diurnal temperature range (DTR) and childhood asthma. METHODS: A Poisson generalized linear model combined with a distributed lag non-linear model was used to examine the relationship between DTR and emergency department admissions for childhood asthma in Brisbane, from January 1st 2003 to December 31st 2009. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant relationship between DTR and childhood asthma. The DTR effect on childhood asthma increased above a DTR of 10°C. The effect of DTR on childhood asthma was the greatest for lag 0–9 days, with a 31% (95% confidence interval: 11% – 58%) increase of emergency department admissions per 5°C increment of DTR. Male children and children aged 5–9 years appeared to be more vulnerable to the DTR effect than others. CONCLUSIONS: Large DTR may trigger childhood asthma. Future measures to control and prevent childhood asthma should include taking temperature variability into account. More protective measures should be taken after a day of DTR above10°C. BioMed Central 2013-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3599100/ /pubmed/23374669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-12 Text en Copyright ©2013 Xu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Xu, Zhiwei Huang, Cunrui Su, Hong Turner, Lyle R Qiao, Zhen Tong, Shilu Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title | Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title_full | Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title_fullStr | Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title_full_unstemmed | Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title_short | Diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
title_sort | diurnal temperature range and childhood asthma: a time-series study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23374669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-12 |
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