Published online before print October 9, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000095564.33543.64
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(Stroke. 2003;34:2612.)
© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Evidence for an Association Between Air Pollution and Daily Stroke Admissions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
From the Institute of Medicine (S.-S.T., H.-F.C.) and Institute of Public Health (C.-Y.Y.), Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong (W.B.G.).
Correspondence to Chun-Yuh Yang, PhD, MPH, Institute of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80708. E-mail chunyuh{at}kmu.edu.tw
Background and Purpose— Many studies have reported increases in daily cardiovascular mortality and hospital admissions associated with increases in levels of air pollutants. However, little is known about the relationship between hospital admissions for stroke and air pollution. This study was undertaken to determine whether there is an association between air pollution and hospital admissions for stroke in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Methods— Data on a total of 23 179 stroke admissions were obtained for the period 1997 through 2000. The relative risk of hospital admissions was estimated with a case-crossover approach.
Results— In the single-pollutant models, on warm days (
20°C), significant positive associations were found between levels of PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, and O3 and both primary intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke admissions. On cool days (<20°C), only CO levels and ischemic stroke admissions were significantly associated. For the 2-pollutant models, PM10 and NO2 remained consistently and significantly associated with admissions for both types of stroke on warm days. We observed estimated relative risks of 1.54 (95% confidence interval [95%], 1.31 to 1.81) and 1.56 (95% CI, 1.32 to 1.84) for primary intracerebral hemorrhage for each interquartile range increase in PM10 and NO2. The values for ischemic stroke were 1.46 (95% CI, 1.32 to 1.61) and 1.55 (95% CI, 1.40 to 1.71), respectively. The effects of CO, SO2, and O3 were mostly nonsignificant when either NO2 or PM10 was controlled for.
Conclusions— This study provides an association between exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for stroke.
Key Words: air pollution • crossover studies • patient admissions • stroke
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