Ambient Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions for Peptic Ulcers in Taipei

A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15465692
AuthorsShang‐Shyue Tsai (I-Shou University), Shang-Shyue Tsai (I-Shou University), Hui‐Fen Chiu (0000-0002-7076-0713, Kaohsiung Medical University), Hui-Fen Chiu (Kaohsiung Medical University), Chun‐Yuh Yang (0000-0002-5021-4889, National Health Research Institutes, corresponding author), Chun-Yuh Yang (Kaohsiung Medical University)
Year2019
Volume16
Issue11
Pages1916-1916
Publication date2019-05-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16111916
PMID31151209
OpenAlexW2946846802
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited50

Very few studies have been performed to determine whether there is a relationship between air pollution and increases in hospitalizations for peptic ulcer, and for those that have occurred, their results may not be completely relevant to Taiwan, where the mixture of ambient air pollutants differ. We performed a time-stratified case-crossover study to investigate the possible association between air pollutant levels and hospital admissions for peptic ulcer in Taipei, Taiwan. To do this, we collected air pollution data from Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency and hospital admissions for peptic ulcer data for the years 2009-2013 from Taiwan's National Health Insurance's research database. We used conditional logistic regression to analyze the possible association between the two, taking temperature and relative humidity into account. Risk was expressed as odds ratios and significance was expressed with 95% confidence intervals. In our single pollutant model, peptic ulcer admissions were significantly associated with all pollutants (PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , NO 2 , CO, and O 3 ) on warm days (>23 °C). On cool days ( 10 , NO 2 , and O 3 . In our two-pollutant models, peptic ulcer admissions were significantly associated NO 2 and O 3 when combined with each of the other pollutants on warm days, and with PM 10 , NO 2 , and O 3 on cool days. It was concluded that the likelihood of peptic ulcer hospitalizations in Taipei rose significantly with increases in air pollutants during the study period

Air pollutant concentrations · Air pollutants · Air pollution · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds ratio · Peptic · Peptic ulcer · Pollutant · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Internal Medicine

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