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Does the Short-Term Effect of Air Pollution Influence the Incidence of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Different Patient Groups? Big Data Analysis in Taiwan

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  • Ting-Ying Chien

    (Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan)

  • Hsien-Wei Ting

    (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan)

  • Chien-Lung Chan

    (Innovation Center for Big Data and Digital Convergence, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Department of Information Management, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan)

  • Nan-Ping Yang

    (Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
    Department of Surgery, Keelung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Keelung City 201, Taiwan)

  • Ren-Hao Pan

    (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
    Department of Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan)

  • K. Robert Lai

    (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan)

  • Su-In Hung

    (Center of Quality and Patient Safety Management, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan
    Department of Business Administration, National Taipei University, Taipei 237, Taiwan)

Abstract

Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) has a high mortality rate. Research has demonstrated that the occurrence of sICH is related to air pollution. This study used big data analysis to explore the impact of air pollution on the risk of sICH in patients of differing age and geographic location. 39,053 cases were included in this study; 14,041 in the Taipei region (Taipei City and New Taipei City), 5537 in Taoyuan City, 7654 in Taichung City, 4739 in Tainan City, and 7082 in Kaohsiung City. The results of correlation analysis indicated that there were two pollutants groups, the CO and NO 2 group and the PM 2.5 and PM 10 group. Furthermore, variations in the correlations of sICH with air pollutants were identified in different age groups. The co-factors of the influence of air pollutants in the different age groups were explored using regression analysis. This study integrated Taiwan National Health Insurance data and air pollution data to explore the risk factors of sICH using big data analytics. We found that PM 2.5 and PM 10 are very important risk factors for sICH, and age is an important modulating factor that allows air pollutants to influence the incidence of sICH.

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  • Ting-Ying Chien & Hsien-Wei Ting & Chien-Lung Chan & Nan-Ping Yang & Ren-Hao Pan & K. Robert Lai & Su-In Hung, 2017. "Does the Short-Term Effect of Air Pollution Influence the Incidence of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Different Patient Groups? Big Data Analysis in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-10, December.
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