Journal
MEDICINE
Volume 101, Issue 35, Pages -Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000030165
Keywords
air pollution; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; South Korea
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- National Health Insurance Ilsan Hospital grant [NHIMC-2018-20-020]
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This study investigated the effects of particulate matter (PM) on hospitalization rates for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The findings showed that both PM10 and PM2.5 were associated with increased risks of COPD or asthma hospitalization, with different lag days. The odds ratios (ORs) for each per-unit increase in PM10 and PM2.5 were higher in certain patient groups, such as male asthma, preschool asthma, male COPD, and senior COPD. The study also found that PM2.5 may have a more significant effect on airway disease patients than PM10.
We investigated the effects of particulate matter (PM) factors on hospitalization rates for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We obtained data on pollutants-PM10, PM2.5-in Seoul, South Korea. We also investigated data for asthma and COPD exacerbation that required hospitalization from 2006 to 2016. We used a time-stratified case-crossover design and generalized additive models with log transformation to assess adjusted risk, and conditional logistic regression was performed to analyze these data. Our study showed that PM10 and PM2.5, on different best lag days, were associated with increased risks of COPD or asthma hospitalization. The odds ratios (ORs) for each per-unit increase in PM10 and PM2.5 were higher in patients with male asthma (PM10: OR, 1.012; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.008-1.016 and PM2.5: OR, 1.015; 95% CI, 1008-1.023), preschool asthma (PM10: OR, 1.015; 95% CI, 1.006-1.015 and PM2.5: OR, 1.015; 95% CI, 1.009-1.024), male COPD (PM10: OR, 1.012; 95% CI, 1.005-1.019 and PM2.5: OR, 1.013; 95% CI, 1.000-1.026), and senior COPD (PM10: OR, 1.016; 95% CI, 1.008-1.024 and PM2.5: OR, 1.022; 95% CI, 1.007-1.036). Increasing PM levels increased hospitalizations for asthma and COPD. Additionally, the consequences may be different according to age and sex, and PM2.5 may have a more significant effect on airway disease patients than PM10.
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