The relationship of air pollution and asthma patients admitted to hospitals in Kermanshah (2008-2009)

1Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2Dept. of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), School of public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

4School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Journal of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences:Vol. 18, issue 10; e74007

Published online:Jan 29, 2015

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 05, 2014

Accepted:Dec 09, 2014

How to Cite:Razieh KhamutianAbdolah DargahiMohammad SoltanianFarid NajafiAlireza AfshariThe relationship of air pollution and asthma patients admitted to hospitals in Kermanshah (2008-2009).J Kermanshah Univ Med Sci.18(10):e74007.https://doi.org/10.22110/jkums.v18i10.1862.

Abstract

Background: Industrialization and urbanization have had a devastating impact on public health. Asthma is considered as one of the major challenges of public health. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between air pollution and the number of asthma patients admitted to hospitals in Kermanshah, Iran.

Methods: In this cross-sectional and ecological study, the data on the number of asthma patients, the concentration levels of air pollutants and weather conditions were collected from the city of Kermanshah. To determine the association between asthma patients admitted to hospitals and air pollutants, Poisson regression was used (P<0.05).

Results: according to the statistical analysis, air pollutants had significant correlation with each other. Based on the results of multiple Poisson regression, among air pollutants CO and O3 were significantly correlated with the number of asthma patients referred to hospitals, with relative risk of 1.18 and 1.016, respectively, and based on the results of single Poisson regression, among air pollutants NOx, NO, NO2 and CO were significantly correlated with the number of asthma patients referred to hospitals with relative risk of 1.011, 1.012, 1.054 and 1.247, respectively.

Conclusion: according to the results of the present study, there was a significant association between air pollutants (mainly carbon monoxide and ozone) and the total number of asthma patients referred to the hospitals in Kermanshah.

Keywords

air pollution

asthma

hospital

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Razieh Khamutian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Abdolah Dargahi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Mohammad Soltanian:[PubMed][Scholar]
Farid Najafi:[PubMed][Scholar]
Alireza Afshari:[PubMed][Scholar]