| Literature DB >> 23405130 |
Yuan Luo1, Yonghui Zhang, Tao Liu, Shannon Rutherford, Yanjun Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Wei Wu, Jianpeng Xiao, Weilin Zeng, Cordia Chu, Wenjun Ma.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Many studies have found extreme temperature can increase the risk of mortality. However, it is not clear whether extreme diurnal temperature range (DTR) is associated with daily disease-specific mortality, and how season might modify any association.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23405130 PMCID: PMC3566202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055280
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Figure 1District map of Guangzhou, China, with monitoring station locations.
Two districts (the district names) were included in the present study.
Summary statistics of daily weather, mortality and air pollution in Guangzhou, China (2006–2008).
| Variables | Minimum | 1% | 25% | Median | 75% | 99% | Maximum | Mean | SD |
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| NAD | 11.0 | 18.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 | 37.0 | 56.0 | 81.0 | 32.7 | 8.0 |
| CVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 25.0 | 36.0 | 11.4 | 4.4 |
| RD | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 |
| CVB | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 |
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| Mean Temperature(°C) | 5.4 | 7.7 | 18.6 | 24.5 | 27.8 | 32.0 | 33.5 | 23.0 | 6.1 |
| DTR(°C) | 1.0 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 7.5 | 2.8 |
| Relative humidity (%) | 25.0 | 34.0 | 64.0 | 72.0 | 81.0 | 92.0 | 94.0 | 71.1 | 13.0 |
| Wind speed | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
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| NO2 | 13.0 | 17.6 | 35.4 | 49.9 | 76.2 | 157.7 | 199.4 | 59.3 | 32.1 |
| SO2 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 22.5 | 40.7 | 65.3 | 150.4 | 289.3 | 47.6 | 33.3 |
| PM10 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 41.3 | 62.9 | 93.7 | 205.4 | 268.6 | 72.0 | 41.7 |
SD = standard deviation.
Figure 2Three-Dimension plot for relative risks of mortality types by DTR.
The CERs of different DTRs on mortality at lag0–27 in the full year.
| DTR structures | CERs (95%CI) | |||
| NAD (%) | CVD (%) | RD (%) | CBD (%) | |
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| 5.5°C | −8.3(−29.6–19.5) | 49.5(−3.5–131.5) | −19.6(−54.5–41.9) | −1.6(−45.6–77.9) |
| 7.6°C | 3.3(−6.3–13.8) | 15.2(−3.2–37.2) | −1.8(−20.6–21.4) | 4.6(−17.3–32.3) |
| 9.2°C | 1.3(−12.1–16.7) | 18.1(−2.8–43.5) | 18.0(−8.9–52.8) | 21.4(−7.6–59.3) |
| 14.5°C |
| 86.0(−20.9–337.3) | 207.6(−2.9–874.8) | 146.0(−21.5–671.4) |
1.7°C, 5.5°C, 7.6°C, 9.2°C and 14.5°C represent the 1st percentile, 25th percentile, 50th percentile, 75th percentile and 99th percentile of DTR in Guangzhou, respectively. The 8°C of DTR was selected as the reference.
The cumulative relative risks of extreme DTR categorized by minimum and maximum temperature on disease-specific death effects. along the 27 lag days.
| Categorized DTR | RRs (95%CI) | |||
| NAD | CVD | RD | CBD | |
| Extreme low DTR – low maximum temperature |
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| 3.222(0.953–10.890) |
| Extreme low DTR – high minimum temperature |
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| 2.987(0.857–9.320) |
| Extreme high DTR – high maximum temperature |
| 1.873(0.804–4.365) | 2.930(0.930–9.235) | 2.419(0.775–7.544) |
| Extreme high DTR – low minimum temperature |
| 1.807(0.738–4.427) | 2.944(0.873–9.923) | 2.410(0.731–7.950) |
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Extreme low DTR – low maximum temperature group was defined as daily maximum temperature was less than median value in the chosen extreme low DTR group (16.2°C); Extreme low DTR –high minimum temperature group was defined as daily maximum temperature was higher than median value in the chosen extreme low DTR group (15.5°C); Extreme high DTR – high maximum temperature group was defined as daily maximum temperature was higher than median value in the chosen extreme high DTR group (23.7°C); Extreme high DTR – low minimum temperature group was defined as daily minimum temperature was less than median value in the chosen extreme low DTR group (7.6°C).
Figure 3Three-Dimension plots for the effects (RR) of DTR on mortality in hot and cold season.
Figure 4CERs of extreme low and high DTR on disease-specific mortality in hot and cold seasons at different lag days.
Note: The 8°C of DTR was selected as the reference, which was regarded as minimal mortality.