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11-11-2023 | Urticaria | Original Article

Association between diurnal temperature range and outpatient visits for urticaria disease in Lanzhou, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis

Authors: Yi Wu, Jing Zhang, Guodong Luo, Jianhong Zhang, Xiangdong Zhang, Bei Liao, Chunrui Shi

Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Background

A growing number of epidemiological studies have shown that daily temperatures are associated with urticaria. However, the relationship between daily changes in temperature and urticaria is unclear.

Objectives

To assess the diurnal temperature difference (DTR) effects on urticaria outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China.

Methods

Urticaria outpatient visits data during 2011–2019 were collected from three major tertiary hospitals in Lanzhou. Daily temperature data from the official website of China Meteorological Administration. Assessment of the relationship between urticaria outpatient volume and DTR in Lanzhou City using a distributed lag nonlinear model.

Results

A total of 83,022 urticaria visits were enrolled. There was a nonlinear relationship between DTR and urticaria outpatient visits and a lagged effect of DTR impact. The effects of high DTR on urticaria visits were not seen in all populations but in the male population and in the 15–59 age group. High DTR (P95: 18.2 °C) was associated with a 27% (95% CI: 0.01, 60.53%) and 31% (95% CI: 1.60, 68.99%) increase in the number of urticaria visits in the 21-day lag effect for the male cohort and the 15–59 year old cohort, respectively, compared with 11.5 °C, respectively.

Conclusions

Our study suggests that DTR is a potential risk factor for urticaria. The results of this study may provide a scientific basis for local governments to improve preventive measures in the health care system.

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Title: Association between diurnal temperature range and outpatient visits for urticaria disease in Lanzhou, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis
Authors: Yi Wu
Jing Zhang
Guodong Luo
Jianhong Zhang
Xiangdong Zhang
Bei Liao
Chunrui Shi
Publication date: 11-11-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Urticaria
Published in: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 0340-0131
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1246
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-023-02019-x

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Association between diurnal temperature range and outpatient visits for urticaria disease in Lanzhou, China: a distributed lag nonlinear analysis

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