Association between flood and the morbidity of bacillary dysentery in Zibo City,China:a symmetric bi

• 作 者: Feifei Zhang Guoyong Ding Zhidong Liu Caixia Zhang Baofa Jiang
• 机 构: Department of Epidemiology,School of Public Health,Shandong University,No.44 Wenhuaxi Road,Jinan 250
• 出 处: 2017山东大学气候变化与健康国际学术研讨会
• 发表日期: 2017年3期
• 关键词: Flood Bacillary dysentery Case-crossover study Conditional logistic regression

　　This study examined the relationship between daily morbidity of bacillary dysentery and flood in 2007 in Zibo City,China,using a symmetric bidirectional case-crossover study.Odds ratios(ORs)and 95%confidence intervals(CIs)on the basis of multivariate model and stratified analysis at different lagged days were calculated to estimate the risk of flood on bacillary dysentery.A total of 902 notified bacillary dysentery cases were identified during the study period.The median of case distribution was 7-year-old and biased to chil-dren.Multivariable analysis showed that flood was associated with an increased risk of bacillary dysentery,with the largest OR of 1.849(95%CI 1.229-2.780)at 2-day lag.Gender-specific analysis showed that there was a significant associa-tion between flood and bacillary dysentery among males only(ORs>1 from lag 1 to lag 5),with the strongest lagged effect at 2-day lag(OR = 2.820,95%CI 1.629-4.881),and the result of age-specific indicated that youngsters had a slightly larger risk to develop flood-related bacillary dysentery than older people at one shorter lagged day(OR = 2.000,95%CI 1.128-3.546 in youngsters at lag 2;OR = 1.879,95%Cl 1.069-3.305 in older people at lag 3).Our study has con-firmed that there is a positive association between flood and the risk of bacillary dysentery in selected study area.Males and youngsters may be the vulnerable and high-risk populations to develop the flood-related bacillary dysentery.Results from this study will provide recommendations to make available strategies for government to deal with negative health outcomes due to floods.