An analysis of air apollution and daily mortality

대기중 총분진과 사망자수에 관한 분석

  • Kim, Ho (Department of Eplidemilogy and Biostatistics, and Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • 김호 (서울대학교 보건대학원 보건학과 및 국민보건연구소)
  • Published : 2000.09.01

Abstract

Relationship between the daily mortality and total suspended particulate(TSP) for the period of 1996-1997 was examined in Seoul, Korea. Generalized additive model was adapted for the analysis to allow the seasonality and long-term time effect in the air pollution and the nonlinear relationships with weather variables such as air temperature and relative humidity. An increase of 100 Ji9/m') TSP corresponds to 0.8-5.2 percent increase of the daily mortality Unidirectional (prospective and retrospective) case-crossover design results in large bias of the estimates. Bidirectional method gives relatively unbiased estimates but the standard errors are larger Case-crossover design should be used with caution in the situation where the data have seasonal trends like air pollution study.

대기오염 자료와 사망자수 자료를 이용하여 대기중 총분진이 사망자수에 미치는 영향을 1996~1997년 서울 자료를 이용하여 분석하였다. 대기오염 자료에서 보이는 강한 계절성과 장기간의 경향 그리고 기온과 습도의 비선형관계를 고려하여 일반화 부가모형(generalized additive model)을 사용하였고, 그 결과 대기중 총분진 100$\mu$g/㎥ 증가시 초과사망자는 3%(95% 신뢰구간 : 0.8-5.2)로 추정되었다. 사례-교차연구(case-crossover study)의 결과를 보면 한 방향(후향적, 전향적)으로의 대조기간 설정 방법은 편향된 추정치를 주었고 양방향 방법은 회귀계수의 추정치는 일반화 부가모형과 거의 같은 결과를 주었지만 표준오차는 상대적으로 큰 값을 주었다. 이상에서 볼 때 대기오염 자료의 분석과 같이 계절성이 큰 자료에서는 사례-교차 연구를 적용할 때 주의가 요구됨을 알 수 있었다.

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