IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v12y2015i10p13053-13068d57241.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Coarse Particulate Air Pollution Associated with Increased Risk of Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Diseases in a Tropical City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Author

Listed:
  • Meng-Hsuan Cheng

    (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan)

  • Hui-Fen Chiu

    (Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan)

  • Chun-Yuh Yang

    (Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
    Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Miaol 350, Taiwan)

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine whether there was an association between coarse particles (PM 2.5–10 ) levels and frequency of hospital admissions for respiratory diseases (RD) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Hospital admissions for RD including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and pneumonia, and ambient air pollution data levels for Kaohsiung were obtained for the period from 2006 to 2010. The relative risk of hospital admissions for RD was estimated using a case-crossover approach, controlling for weather variables, day of the week, seasonality, and long-term time trends. For the single pollutant model (without adjustment for other pollutants), increased rate of admissions for RD were significantly associated with higher coarse PM levels only on cool days (<25 °C), with a 10 µg/m 3 elevation in PM 2.5–10 concentrations associated with a 3% (95% CI = 1%–5%) rise in COPD admissions, 4% (95% CI = 1%–7%) increase in asthma admissions, and 3% (95% CI = 2%–4%) rise in pneumonia admissions. No significant associations were found between coarse particle levels and the number of hospital admissions for RD on warm days. In the two-pollutant models, PM 2.5–10 levels remained significantly correlated with higher rate of RD admissions even controlling for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, or ozone on cool days. This study provides evidence that higher levels of PM 2.5–10 enhance the risk of hospital admissions for RD on cool days.

Suggested Citation

  • Meng-Hsuan Cheng & Hui-Fen Chiu & Chun-Yuh Yang, 2015. "Coarse Particulate Air Pollution Associated with Increased Risk of Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Diseases in a Tropical City, Kaohsiung, Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:10:p:13053-13068:d:57241
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/10/13053/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/10/13053/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Shang-Shyue Tsai & Chih-Ching Chang & Chun-Yuh Yang, 2013. "Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case-Crossover Study in Taipei," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-12, November.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Dayana Milena Agudelo-Castañeda & Elba Calesso Teixeira & Larissa Alves & Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño & Laura Andrea Rodríguez-Villamizar, 2019. "Monthly-Term Associations Between Air Pollutants and Respiratory Morbidity in South Brazil 2013–2016: A Multi-City, Time-Series Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-13, October.
    2. Ching-Yen Kuo & Ren-Hao Pan & Chin-Kan Chan & Chiung-Yi Wu & Dinh-Van Phan & Chien-Lung Chan, 2018. "Application of a Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Design to Explore the Effects of Air Pollution and Season on Childhood Asthma Hospitalization in Cities of Differing Urban Patterns: Big Data Analytics ," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-15, March.
    3. Su-Lun Hwang & Su-Er Guo & Miao-Ching Chi & Chiang-Ting Chou & Yu-Ching Lin & Chieh-Mo Lin & Yen-Li Chou, 2016. "Association between Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Southwestern Taiwan: A Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-9, March.
    4. Ran Li & Ning Jiang & Qichen Liu & Jing Huang & Xinbiao Guo & Fan Liu & Zhancheng Gao, 2017. "Impact of Air Pollutants on Outpatient Visits for Acute Respiratory Outcomes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, January.
    5. Yii-Ting Huang & Chien-Chih Chen & Yu-Ni Ho & Ming-Ta Tsai & Chih-Min Tsai & Po-Chun Chuang & Fu-Jen Cheng, 2021. "Short-Term Effects of Particulate Matter and Its Constituents on Emergency Room Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study in an Urban Area," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-12, April.
    6. Ming-Ta Tsai & Yu-Ni Ho & Charng-Yen Chiang & Po-Chun Chuang & Hsiu-Yung Pan & I-Min Chiu & Chih-Min Tsai & Fu-Jen Cheng, 2021. "Effects of Fine Particulate Matter and Its Components on Emergency Room Visits for Pediatric Pneumonia: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-12, October.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mike Z. He & Xiange Zeng & Kaiyue Zhang & Patrick L. Kinney, 2017. "Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in Urban Chinese Cities, 2005–2016: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Su-Lun Hwang & Su-Er Guo & Miao-Ching Chi & Chiang-Ting Chou & Yu-Ching Lin & Chieh-Mo Lin & Yen-Li Chou, 2016. "Association between Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Southwestern Taiwan: A Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-9, March.
    3. Ching-Chang Cho & Wen-Yeh Hsieh & Chin-Hung Tsai & Cheng-Yi Chen & Hui-Fang Chang & Chih-Sheng Lin, 2018. "In Vitro and In Vivo Experimental Studies of PM 2.5 on Disease Progression," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-26, July.
    4. Ran Li & Ning Jiang & Qichen Liu & Jing Huang & Xinbiao Guo & Fan Liu & Zhancheng Gao, 2017. "Impact of Air Pollutants on Outpatient Visits for Acute Respiratory Outcomes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, January.
    5. Marlene Cortez-Lugo & Matiana Ramírez-Aguilar & Rogelio Pérez-Padilla & Raúl Sansores-Martínez & Alejandra Ramírez-Venegas & Albino Barraza-Villarreal, 2015. "Effect of Personal Exposure to PM 2.5 on Respiratory Health in a Mexican Panel of Patients with COPD," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-13, August.
    6. Chih-Cheng Chen & Shang-Shyue Tsai & Chun-Yuh Yang, 2015. "Association between Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Clinic Visits for Migraine in a Subtropical City: Taipei, Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-12, April.
    7. Shang-Shyue Tsai & Chih-Ching Chang & Saou-Hsing Liou & Chun-Yuh Yang, 2014. "The Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution on Daily Mortality: A Case-Crossover Study in a Subtropical City, Taipei, Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-13, May.
    8. Hang Qiu & Kun Tan & Feiyu Long & Liya Wang & Haiyan Yu & Ren Deng & Hu Long & Yanlong Zhang & Jingping Pan, 2018. "The Burden of COPD Morbidity Attributable to the Interaction between Ambient Air Pollution and Temperature in Chengdu, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-15, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:10:p:13053-13068:d:57241. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.