Author:
Wu Yao,Xu Rongbin,Wen Bo,Coelho Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Staglior,Saldiva Paulo H,Li Shanshan,Guo Yuming
Abstract
BackgroundBoth cold and hot temperature have been associated with the onset of asthma, but it remains largely unknown about the risk of asthma hospitalisation associated with short-term temperature fluctuation or temperature variability (TV).ObjectiveTo explore the association between short-term exposure to TV and asthma hospitalisation in Brazil.MethodsData for asthma hospitalisation and weather conditions were collected from 1816 Brazilian cities between 2000 and 2015. TV was calculated as the SD of all daily minimum and maximum temperatures within 0–7 days prior to current day. A time-stratified case-crossover design was performed to quantify the association between TV and hospitalisation for asthma.ResultsA total of 2 818 911 hospitalisations for asthma were identified during the study period. Each 1°C increase in 0–7 days’ TV exposure was related to a 1.0% (95% CI 0.7% to 1.4%) increase in asthma hospitalisations. The elderly were more vulnerable to TV than other age groups, while region and season appeared to significantly modify the associations. There were 159 305 (95% CI 55 293 to 2 58 054) hospitalisations, US$48.41 million (95% CI US$16.92 to US$78.30 million) inpatient costs at 2015 price and 450.44 thousand inpatient days (95% CI 156.08 to 729.91 thousand days) associated with TV during the study period. The fraction of asthma hospitalisations attributable to TV increased from 5.32% in 2000 to 5.88% in 2015.ConclusionTV was significantly associated with asthma hospitalisation and the corresponding substantial health costs in Brazil. Our findings suggest that preventive measures of asthma should take TV into account.
Funder
Early Career Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Career Development Fellowship of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
China Scholarship Council
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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