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The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases

A case-crossover study examined how PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms (ADS) affects the number of emergency room (ER) admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and respiratory diseases (RDs). Our data indicated that PM(2.5) concentration from ADS was highly correlated with ER visits for CVDs and RD...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ssu-Ting, Liao, Chu-Yung, Kuo, Cheng-Yu, Kuo, Hsien-Wen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28420157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040428
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author Liu, Ssu-Ting
Liao, Chu-Yung
Kuo, Cheng-Yu
Kuo, Hsien-Wen
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Liao, Chu-Yung
Kuo, Cheng-Yu
Kuo, Hsien-Wen
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description A case-crossover study examined how PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms (ADS) affects the number of emergency room (ER) admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and respiratory diseases (RDs). Our data indicated that PM(2.5) concentration from ADS was highly correlated with ER visits for CVDs and RDs. The odds ratios (OR) increased by 2.92 (95% CI: 1.22–5.08) and 1.86 (95% CI: 1.30–2.91) per 10 µg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) levels, for CVDs and RDs, respectively. A 10 µg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) from ADSs was significantly associated with an increase in ER visits for CVDs among those 65 years of age and older (an increase of 2.77 in OR) and for females (an increase of 3.09 in OR). In contrast, PM(2.5) levels had a significant impact on RD ER visits among those under 65 years of age (OR = 1.77). The risk of ER visits for CVDs increased on the day when the ADS occurred in Taiwan and the day after (lag 0 and lag 1); the corresponding risk increase for RDs only increased on the fifth day after the ADS (lag 5). In Taiwan’s late winter and spring, the severity of ER visits for CVDs and RDs increases. Environmental protection agencies should employ an early warning system for ADS to reduce high-risk groups’ exposure to PM(2.5).
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spelling pubmed-54096292017-05-03 The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases Liu, Ssu-Ting Liao, Chu-Yung Kuo, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Hsien-Wen Int J Environ Res Public Health Article A case-crossover study examined how PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms (ADS) affects the number of emergency room (ER) admissions for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and respiratory diseases (RDs). Our data indicated that PM(2.5) concentration from ADS was highly correlated with ER visits for CVDs and RDs. The odds ratios (OR) increased by 2.92 (95% CI: 1.22–5.08) and 1.86 (95% CI: 1.30–2.91) per 10 µg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) levels, for CVDs and RDs, respectively. A 10 µg/m(3) increase in PM(2.5) from ADSs was significantly associated with an increase in ER visits for CVDs among those 65 years of age and older (an increase of 2.77 in OR) and for females (an increase of 3.09 in OR). In contrast, PM(2.5) levels had a significant impact on RD ER visits among those under 65 years of age (OR = 1.77). The risk of ER visits for CVDs increased on the day when the ADS occurred in Taiwan and the day after (lag 0 and lag 1); the corresponding risk increase for RDs only increased on the fifth day after the ADS (lag 5). In Taiwan’s late winter and spring, the severity of ER visits for CVDs and RDs increases. Environmental protection agencies should employ an early warning system for ADS to reduce high-risk groups’ exposure to PM(2.5). MDPI 2017-04-16 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5409629/ /pubmed/28420157 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040428 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_full The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_fullStr The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_short The Effects of PM(2.5) from Asian Dust Storms on Emergency Room Visits for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
title_sort effects of pm(2.5) from asian dust storms on emergency room visits for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28420157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040428
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