Is high relative humidity associated with childhood hand, foot, and mouth disease in rural and urban areas?

摘要：

　　Objective: To examine the relationship between relative humidity and childhood hand,foot and mouth disease(HFMD)in Hefei,China,and to explore whether the effect is different between urban and rural areas.Study design: Retrospective ecological study.Methods: A Poisson generalized linear model combined with a distributed lag non-linear model was used to examine the relationship between relative humidity and childhood HFMD in a temperate Chinese city during 2010e2012.Results: The effect of relative humidity on childhood HFMD increased above a humidity of 84%,with a 0.34%(95%CI: 0.23%e0.45%)increase of childhood HFMD per 1%increment of relative humidity.Notably,urban children,male children,and children aged 0e4 years appeared to be more vulnerable to the effect of relative humidity on HFMD.Conclusions: This article study indicates that high relative humidity may trigger childhood HFMD in a temperate area,Hefei,particularly for those who are young and from urban areas.

关键词： Climatic change Hand,foot,and mouth disease Relative humidity Rural Urban

作者: H.Yang J.Wu J.Cheng X.Wang L.Wen K.Li H.Su

作者单位: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistic,School of Public Health,Anhui Medical University,Hef Hefei Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Hefei,China

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 2015年安徽省流行病与卫生统计学学术论坛

会议地点: 重庆

会议语种:英文

页码: 207-213

在线出版日期: 2015-08-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）