Exposure to air pollution and hospitalization due to COVID-19 in São José dos Campos, Brazil

dc.contributor.authorSantos, A. O.R.
dc.contributor.authorLucarevschi, B. R.
dc.contributor.authorCunha, C. J.D. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, P. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCesar, A. C.G.
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, L. F. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de Taubaté
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionCiência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-29T12:36:20Z
dc.date.available2023-07-29T12:36:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe association between exposure to air pollutants and respiratory diseases is well known. This study aimed to identify the association between this exposure and hospitalizations for COVID-19 in São José dos Campos, SP, a medium-sized city, between April 2020 and April 2021. Hospitalization data, concerning code B34.2, was supplied by DATASUS, and data concerning pollutants and climate variables were supplied by CETESB. Cases were quantified by sex, age, length of hospital stay in days, and type of discharge, whether hospital discharge or death. The negative binomial regression model was chosen. Estimates were produced for the relative risk (RR) of significant exposure to pollutants (Pp0.05) with a 10 mg/m3 increase of pollutant, as well as for excess hospitalizations. There were 1873 hospitalizations, with a daily average of 4.7 (±3.8), ranging from zero to 21: 716 deaths (38.2%) were recorded, 1065 admissions were men, and women were less susceptible (OR=0.82). The average age of women was higher than that of men; in cases of death, men were older than women; discharged patients were younger. All the above variables were significant. The risk of ozone exposure was higher and more significant in Lag 2, and the risk of nitrogen dioxide exposure was high in Lag 3, which was the period of the highest increase in hospitalizations, at 11.3%. The findings of this study, the first conducted in Brazil, corroborate the results of studies conducted in other centers.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Medicina Universidade de Taubaté, SP
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, SP
dc.description.affiliationInstituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, SP
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de Taubaté, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Engenharia de Guaratinguetá Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, SP
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1414-431X2021e12273
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, v. 55.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/1414-431X2021e12273
dc.identifier.issn1414-431X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85141676412
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/246271
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAir pollution
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectNitrogen dioxide
dc.subjectOzone
dc.titleExposure to air pollution and hospitalization due to COVID-19 in São José dos Campos, Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo

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