Associations between cause-specific emergency room visits and daily average temperatures in metropolitan Taipei from 2000 to 2009.

<p>Cumulative 4-day RRs were estimated using DLNM and a centered temperature of 26 °C for cerebrovascular diseases, 18 °C for CRF, DM, and accidents, and 30 °C for hypertensive diseases, asthma, and CAO.</p

Lag effects of a temperature of 14°C on cause-specific emergency room visits compared to a centered temperature of 26 °C for cerebrovascular diseases, 18 °C for CRF, DM, and accidents, and 30 °C for hypertensive diseases, asthma, and CAO.

<p>Lag effects of a temperature of 14°C on cause-specific emergency room visits compared to a centered temperature of 26 °C for cerebrovascular diseases, 18 °C for CRF, DM, and accidents, and 30 °C for hypertensive diseases, asthma, and CAO.</p

Characteristics of the ambient environment and causes for emergency room visits in metropolitan Taipei from 2000 to 2009.

<p>Characteristics of the ambient environment and causes for emergency room visits in metropolitan Taipei from 2000 to 2009.</p

Additional file 1 of Effects of temperature, rainfall, and El Niño Southern Oscillations on dengue-like-illness incidence in Solomon Islands

Additional file 1: Supplementary Table S1. Model configuration based on Quasi Information Criterion (QIC). Supplementary Table S2. The lag specific up to six months incident rate ratios (95% confidence interval) depicting association between meteorological variables on dengue-like-illness adjusting each other by controlling ENSO category with the Quasi Information Criterion (QIC) in Guadalcanal and Western Province from 2015 to 2018. Supplementary Table S3. The incident rate ratios (95% confidence interval) depicting association between ENSO category (El Niño and La Niña, vs. neutral) on dengue-like-illness by controlling temperature and precipitation in Guadalcanal and Western Province from 2015 to 2018

Gender differences in effects of obesity and asthma on adolescent lung function: Results from a population-based study

Objective: To investigate lung function associated with asthma and body mass index (BMI) among adolescents at 96 northern Taiwan junior high schools participating in an asthma screening program. Methods: The questionnaires and lung function test results measured for 3669 boys and 3523 girls were included in this study for data analysis. Measures of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and FEV1/FVC ratio were compared by sex, asthma status and BMI. Results: Overall mean FVC levels were similar between students with and without asthma, 3.71 L vs. 3.71 L for boys (p = 0.991) and 2.79 vs. 2.78 for girls (p = 0.517). The overall mean FEV1 levels were also similar between girls with and without asthma. Asthmatic boys had lower FEV1 than non-asthmatic boys. Mean FEV1/FVC was significantly lower in students with asthma than those without asthma. Mean FVC and FEV1 increased with BMI in both sexes. A lower mean FEV1/FVC was observed among students with asthma and high BMI, and was more pronounced in boys than in girls. Multivariable regression analysis also showed that FEV1/FVC ratios were negatively associated with asthma and high BMI, stronger in boys than in girls for asthma (β = −2.176 (standard errors (SE) = 0.268) vs. −1.085 (SE = 0.258) and for BMI (β = −0.309 (SE = 0.025) vs. −0.218 (SE = 0.029)). Conclusion: This northern Taiwan study suggests that FEV1/FVC is negatively associated with asthma and high BMI in adolescents, stronger for boys than for girls.</p

Pre-existing comorbidity modify emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with ambient environments - Fig 3

Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for all patients (left), patients younger than 65 years (center), and the elderly (right).</p

Locations of weather and ambient air quality monitoring stations and population density in Taiwan.

Locations of weather and ambient air quality monitoring stations and population density in Taiwan.</p

Ambient environment factors significantly associated with daily emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taiwan.

Ambient environment factors significantly associated with daily emergency room visit for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taiwan.</p

Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for subjects comorbid with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart disease, and stroke.

Pooled cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in association with daily average temperature for subjects comorbid with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, heart disease, and stroke.</p

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with 18 and 30°C environment.

Pooled and area-specific cumulative 6-day relative risks (RR) of emergency room visit among patients survived with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest associated with 18 and 30°C environment.</p