Short-term effect of meteorological factors on COVID-19 mortality in Qom, Iran

Vahedian, Mostafa and Sharafkhani, Rahim and Pournia, Yadollah (2022) Short-term effect of meteorological factors on COVID-19 mortality in Qom, Iran. Int J Environ Health Res.

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Abstract

The present study was conducted to assess the short-term effects of the meteorological factors on the COVID-19 mortality in Qom, Iran. The GAM with a quasi-Poisson link function was used to evaluate the impact of temperature, DTR, relative humidity, and absolute humidity on the COVID-19 mortality, controlling potential confounders such as time trend, air pollutants, and day of the week. The results showed that the risk of COVID-19 mortality was reduced, in single-day lag/multiple-day average lag, per one-unit increase in absolute humidity (percentage change in lag 0=-33.64% (95% CI (-42.44, -23.49)), and relative humidity (percentage change in lag 0=-1.87% (95% CI (-2.52, -1.22)). Also, per one-unit increase in DTR value, COVID death risk increased in single-day and multiple-day average lag. This study demonstrated a significant relationship between the four meteorological variables and the COVID-19 mortality.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: lorestan university
Date Deposited: 23 Aug 2022 03:54
Last Modified: 23 Aug 2022 03:54
URI: http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/3873

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