气象对心房动和动的影响:韩国 (2010-2022) 全国观测研究 (2010-2022)
Andrew G Kim1, Chanjoo Park2, Nithi Tokavanich3
1Internal Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
Cureus
|November 13, 2023
概括
风速和阳光持续时间等气象因素与心房动 (AF) 发生率相关. 较高的风速和更长的日照时间与一般人群中较少的AF诊断有关.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 关于气象因素对心房动 (AF) 发生率的影响存在不一致的发现.
- 需要进行一项大规模的研究,以澄清天气条件和AF之间的关联.
- 了解这些联系可以为公共卫生战略和患者护理提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 调查气象因素与心房动 (AF) 发生率之间的潜在关联.
- 分析国家医疗保险和天气数据,寻找气候变量和AF诊断之间的相关性.
主要方法:
- 利用韩国国家医疗保险和2010年1月至2022年7月的天气数据.
- 使用皮尔森相关性分析来评估月度气候数据和AF诊断之间的关联.
- 使用SAS® OnDemand for Academics进行了统计分析.
主要成果:
- 在一般人群中,AF发生率与平均风速 (r=-0.42) 有显著的负相关性,与阳光持续时间 (r=0.27) 有积极相关性.
- 只有在20-24岁的女性中观察到与温度,降水和湿度的显著关联.
- 日间温度变化在不同的人口群体中显示出不一致的关联.
结论:
- 平均风速和阳光持续时间与一般人群中心房动 (AF) 发病率有显著联系.
- 除了风速和阳光持续时间以外的气象因素,在所有组中都没有显示出与AF发生率的一致关联.
- 该研究强调了相关性,但没有确定气象因素和AF之间的因果关系.
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