Journal of Environmental Science International (한국환경과학회지)

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Weather-sensitive Diseases and Their Correlations with Meteorological Factors: Results from Academic Papers

학술논문 분석을 통한 기상민감질환 선정 및 기상인자와의 관련성고찰

  • An, Hye Yeon (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Ju-Hee (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Taehee (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University) ;
  • Yun, Jinah (Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyunsu (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Oh, Inbo (Environmental Health Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Jiho (Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) ;
  • Won, Kyung-Mi (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University) ;
  • Lee, Young-Mi (Ecobrain Co. Ltd.) ;
  • Kim, Yoo-Keun (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University)
  • 안혜연 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부) ;
  • 정주희 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 김태희 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부) ;
  • 윤진아 (부산대학교 지구환경시스템학부) ;
  • 김현수 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 오인보 (울산대학교 의과대학 환경보건센터) ;
  • 이지호 (울산대학교 의과대학 직업환경의학교실) ;
  • 원경미 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과) ;
  • 이영미 ((주)에코브레인) ;
  • 김유근 (부산대학교 대기환경과학과)
  • Received : 2016.03.28
  • Accepted : 2016.05.09
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

The effect of weather on disease was investigated based on results reported in academic papers. Weather-sensitive disease was selected by analyzing the frequency distributions of diseases and correlations between diseases and meteorological factors (e.g., temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed). Correlations between disease and meteorological factors were most frequently reported for myocardial infarction (MI) (28%) followed by chronic ischemic heart disease (CHR) (12%), stroke (STR) (10%), and angina pectoris (ANG) (5%). These four diseases had significant correlations with temperature (meaningful correlation for MI and negative correlations for CHR, STR, and ANG). Selecting MI, as a representative weather-sensitive disease, and summarizing the quantitative correlations with meteorological factors revealed that, daily hospital admissions for MI increased approximately 1.7%-2.2% with each $1^{\circ}C$ decrease in physiologically equivalent temperature. On the days when MI occurred in three or more patients larger daily temperature ranges ($2.3^{\circ}C$ increase) were reported compared with the days when MI occurred in fewer than three patients. In addition, variations in pressure (10 mbar, 1016 mbar standard) and relative humidity (10%) contributed to an 11%-12% increase in deaths from MI and an approximately 10% increase in the incidence of MI, respectively.

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