Meteorological elements and the emergency treatment of hypertension correlation analysis
Abstract：Objective To investigate the effect of meteorology factors to hypertension emergency attendances in Beijing City. Methods The data of emergency treatment of hypertensive patients from medical records for between January 2009 and December 2012 were collected in three Level-3A hospitals in Beijing. The data of the meteorological factors and the air pollutants at same time periods were also collected from the local authorities of Beijing. Descriptive epidemiology method and SPSS 19.0 software was used to analyze the relationship between hypertension emergency room visits and meteorological factors change. Results In Beijing hypertension emergency attendances,19,576 cases were male,accounting for 50.70%;females 19,035 cases,accounting for 49.30%. Elderly patients (≥ 60 years) a total of 19,389 cases,accounting for 50.22%. The number of visitors in winter hypertension more, less in summer;incidence of hypertension was negatively correlated with air temperature ,and barometric pressure were positively correlated. Conclusion In Beijing area,the temperature decreased,increased pressure is a risk factor for hypertension in the emergency department.
Keywords：HypertensionEpidemiology analysisMeteorological factors
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 17-20 )