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ArticleFrontiers of environmental science & engineering2023

Evaluating the short-term effect of ambient temperature on non-fatal outdoor falls and road traffic injuries among children and adolescents in China: a time-stratified case-crossover study.

Hao Zheng, Jian Cheng, Hung Chak Ho, Baoli Zhu, Zhen Ding, Wencong Du, Xin Wang, Yang Yu, Juan Fei, Zhiwei Xu and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers of environmental science & engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Hao Zheng *Department of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Jian Cheng *Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032 China.
Hung Chak HoDepartment of Anaesthesiology, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077 China.
Baoli ZhuDepartment of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Zhen DingDepartment of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Wencong DuDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Xin WangDepartment of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Yang YuDepartment of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Juan FeiDepartment of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Zhiwei XuSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, 4006 Australia.
Jinyi ZhouDepartment of Noncommunicable Diseases, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Jie YangDepartment of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, 210009 China.
Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNAnhui University · CNThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although studies have suggested that non-optimal temperatures may increase the risk of injury, epidemiological studies focusing on the association between temperature and non-fatal injury among children and adolescents are limited. Therefore, we investigated the short-term effect of ambient temperature on non-fatal falls and road traffic injuries (RTIs) among students across Jiangsu Province, China. Meteorological data and records of non-fatal outdoor injuries due to falls and RTIs among students aged 6-17 were collected during 2018-2020. We performed a time-stratified case-crossover analysis with a distributed lag nonlinear model to examine the effect of ambient temperature on the risk of injury. Individual meteorological exposure was estimated based on the address of the selected school. We also performed stratified analyses by sex, age, and area. A total of 57322 and 5455 cases of falls and RTIs were collected, respectively. We observed inverted U-shaped curves for temperature-injury associations, with maximum risk temperatures at 18 °C (48th of daily mean temperature distribution) for falls and 22 °C (67th of daily mean temperature distribution) for RTIs. The corresponding odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 2.193 (2.011, 2.391) and 3.038 (1.988, 4.644) for falls and RTIs, respectively. Notably, there was a significant age-dependent trend in which the temperature effect on falls was greater in older students ( Electronic Supplementary Material: Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s11783-023-1705-1 and is accessible for authorized users.

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Ambient temperatureChinaFallRoad traffic injuryStudent

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PMID37033401
PMCPMC10067518
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