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- Title
Relationship between air pollution and hospitalizations for congestive heart failure in elderly people in the city of São Paulo.
- Authors
de Aguiar Pontes Pamplona, Ysabely; Arbex, Marcos Abdo; Braga, Alfésio Luís Ferreira; Pereira, Luiz Alberto Amador; Martins, Lourdes Conceição
- Abstract
To evaluate the effects of air pollutants on hospitalizations of elderly people for congestive heart failure (CHF) in the city of São Paulo, stratified by sex, exploring lag structures, from 2000 to 2013. Ecological time series study using information on hospitalization of elderly patients for CHF (ICD-10th: I50) obtained from DATASUS for the city of São Paulo. Information on O3, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, temperature and humidity was obtained from CETESB. Descriptive analyses, Pearson correlation, and generalized linear Poisson regression model were applied to estimate the effects of pollutants. The interquartile variations of O3 (52.45 μg/m3), PM10 (24.28 μg/m3), NO2 (7.63 μg/m3), SO2 (50.22 μg/m3), and CO (1.28 ppm) were associated with increased hospitalizations for CHF. Air pollutants continue to be a factor that contributes to the increase in the number of hospitalizations due to CHF.
- Subjects
SAO Paulo (Brazil); CONGESTIVE heart failure; OLDER people; AIR pollution; AIR pollutants; POISSON regression; HOSPITAL care; FRAIL elderly
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 15, p18208
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-020-08216-2