The relationships between the asthma and weather

In this study there has been investigated the effect of climatic factors on the occurrence of the bronchial asthma. The study was performed among 129 patients aged 5-67 years in the region of west Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with mild climate. The attacks of the asthma were checked on each individual patient by questionnaire as well as by reporting at polyclinical's investigation in several centres according to the months (year when attack polyclinic occur). From meteorological services there were obtained the monthly values of temperature, relative humidity of air and the number of hours of sunshine per month. The highest number of the asthmatic attacks were during the period from XI-I month of highest humidity and the lowest temperature. In this period individuals over 35 years were ill more frequently while younger than 34 have more asthmatic attacks during the period III-V months. The coefficient of multiple correlation R express connection among the asthmatic attacks with each meteorological factors. The coefficient was high R = 0.494 which means that in 90% of cases of the attacks of the asthma bronchial the climatic factors have also participated.