Association between ozone pollution and daily outpatient visits for respiratory system in a district of Shanghai

Objective To analyze the effect of O₃ pollution on outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in a district of Shanghai.

Methods We collected the respiratory disease outpatient data， and atmospheric and meteorological data of from a suburban general hospital in Shanghai from 2015 to 2017. A time-series analysis by generalized additive model was conducted to examine the relationship between O₃ pollution and daily outpatient visits.

Results The daily outpatient volume for respiratory diseases was 831. The daily 8 h median concentration of O₃ was 101.04 μg·m^-3. The excess relative risk was 0.461% （95%CI： 0.240%‒0.682%） at lag3. Stratified by gender and age， females， child and the aged had higher risk of respiratory diseases. In the double-pollutant model， PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ increased health effects， while CO reduced health effects.

Conclusion The increase of O₃ concentration can increase the daily outpatient volume of respiratory diseases.