Association Between Asian Dust Exposure and Pneumonia Hospitalization in Western Japan: A Case-Crossover Study.
Takayuki OkuraSachiko Tanaka-MizunoMasanobu IshiiMasato TakeuchiKoji KawakamiPublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of public health (2024)
Epidemiological studies have reported that Asian dust (AD), a type of desert dust, has harmful effects on human health. This study aimed to examine the association between AD exposure and hospitalization due to pneumonia. Data on patients in Western Japan admitted for pneumonia were included from a real-world database derived from electronic medical records. We used the meteorological observatory data of the most populous city in each prefecture, in which AD event was defined as a loss of visibility from a distance ≤10 km. A case-crossover design and conditional logistic regression model were used. Overall, 12 938 patients were included, and AD exposure events were observed for 557 days. Exposure to an AD event five days prior to hospitalization was significantly associated with hospitalization for pneumonia after adjusting for weather variables (odds ratio = 1.17; 95% confidence interval = [1.01, 1.36]). These findings suggest that AD exposure is associated with an increased rate of admission for pneumonia in Western Japan.
Keyphrases
- human health
- end stage renal disease
- risk assessment
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- climate change
- electronic health record
- health risk
- health risk assessment
- peritoneal dialysis
- respiratory failure
- clinical trial
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- heavy metals
- big data
- artificial intelligence
- drinking water