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Studies on the effects of short-term air pollution exposure on hospitalization for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are relatively scarce in developing regions. The time-series study was used to explore the acute effects of air pollutants on hospitalization for T2DM in Lanzhou, China. A distribution lag nonlinear model based on the generalized additive model was used to analyze the hospitalization impact of air pollution on T2DM. Stratified analysis by gender, age and season was obtained. The results were indicated as the relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for single-day lags (from lag0 to lag7) and cumulative lag days (from lag0-1 to lag0-7). The strongest correlations (RR, 95% CI) of hospitalization for T2DM and PM10 (RR = 1.003, 95% CI 1.000, 1.001) at lag7 and NO2 (RR = 1.022, 95% CI 1.000, 1.045) at lag0-4 were observed for an increase of 10 µg/m3 in the concentrations and CO (RR = 1.091, 95% CI 1.017, 1.170) at lag0-4 for an increase of 1 mg/m3 in the concentration. The hazardous impacts of PM10, NO2 and CO were greater for females, people aged ≥ 65 years and in the cold season. However, there was no significant association between PM2.5, SO2 and O38h and the number of hospitalizations for T2DM.
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Zhang, W., Zhang, R., Tian, T. et al. Acute effects of air pollution on type II diabetes mellitus hospitalization in Lanzhou, China. Environ Geochem Health 45, 5927–5941 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01604-w
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