邻里建立了环境和COVID-19住院治疗
Alessandro Rigolon1, Jeremy Németh2, Brenn Anderson-Gregson2
1Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
PloS one
|June 14, 2023
概括
空气污染和住房密度等邻里因素与更高的COVID-19住院风险有关. 相反,可步行,可骑自行车的区域可能会降低这种风险,突出建筑环境.
科学领域:
- 环境流行病学环境流行病学
- 城市规划和公共卫生
背景情况:
- COVID-19研究往往忽视了建筑环境对住院的影响.
- 在大规模的COVID-19建筑环境分析中,很少有研究对单个因素进行控制.
研究的目的:
- 调查邻居建筑环境与COVID-19住院的关联.
- 在丹佛的不同人口群体中分析这些关联.
主要方法:
- 对于18,042名SARS-CoV-2阳性个体,利用了具有强大的标准误差的Poisson模型.
- 控制空间依赖,人口统计和并发症.
- 检查了建筑环境因素,包括住房,空气质量,可行,可骑自行车,交通和绿色空间.
主要成果:
- 较高的颗粒物 (PM2.5) 和多户住宅与增加住院风险相关.
- 增加步行/骑自行车的能力和减少公共交通工具的使用与较低的住院风险相关.
- 观察到的差异:PM2.5影响对于拉丁人来说更强烈,非西班牙裔白人的密度/过度拥挤.
结论:
- 邻里建筑环境的特点可能会独立增加COVID-19住院的风险.
- 这些发现可以为城市规划和公共卫生策略提供信息,以减轻呼吸道病原体风险.
- 可能需要量身定制的干预措施,考虑到建筑环境风险关联中的人口差异.
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