Correlation Analysis for the Attack of Respiratory Diseases and Meteorological Factors

• Published in: Chinese journal of integrative medicine Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 600 - 606
• Main Author: 张德山 贺娟 高思华 胡保昆 马师雷
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Chinese Association of Traditional and Western Medicine 01.08.2011
• Subjects: Air; China - epidemiology; Humans; Humidity; Incidence; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Meteorological Concepts; Original Article; Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Diseases - etiology; Statistics as Topic; Steam; Time Factors; Wind; 北京中医药大学; 呼吸系统疾病; 攻击; 数理统计方法; 最低温度; 气象因素; 相关分析; 简单相关系数; China; Chinese medicine; meteorological factors; respiratory diseases; degree of correlation; five evolutive phases and six climatic factors
• ISSN: 1672-0415; 1993-0402; 1993-0402
• DOI: 10.1007/s11655-011-0821-0

Objective：To investigate the relationship between respiratory diseases onset and the meteorological factors in the same period and in a specific environment.Methods：By using the data of daily incidence of respiratory diseases obtained from Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine from January 1, 1998 to December 31,2007,and the data of 16 items of meteorological factors（such as the average,maximum, and minimum temperatures,etc.,including meteorological factors derived） obtained from the Beijing Municipal Meteorological Observatory,mathematical statistical methods were applied to achieve the non-linear correlation analysis,or the correlation test,between the incidence of respiratory diseases and the time-related meteorological factors.Results：The simple correlation coefficients of the relationship between the incidence of respiratory diseases and 9 meteorological elements,including the average values of temperature,maximum temperature,minimum temperature,degree of comfort,precipitation,vapor pressure,low cloud cover,change of vapor pressure,and change of wind speed,were all greater than 0.8286,in which one of the relationship between the incidence of respiratory diseases and the maximum temperature is as high as 0.9670.Statistical tests showed RRα=0.05 and FFα=0.05.Conclusions：The incidence of respiratory diseases was closely correlated to meteorological factors,such as air temperature,vapor pressure,precipitation,wind speed,etc.To a certain extent,this conclusion confirmed the scientificity and objectivity of the theory of five evolutive phases and six climatic factors（Wu Yun Liu Qi,五运六气） in Huang Di Nei Jing（黄帝内经,The Yellow Emperor＇s Canon of Internal Medicine）.