مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان (Sep 2018)
Assessment of urban air quality in Sanandaj city and attribution of cardiovascular- respiratory diseases, and preterm birth in 2015-16
Abstract
Assessment of air quality in Sanandaj City and its association with cardiovascular- respiratory diseases, and preterm birth in 2015-16 Borhan Mansouri1, Namamali Azadi2, Amir Mohammadi3, Younes Hame Sadeghi4, Ali Mansouri5, Jameleh Majidi6 1. Assistant Professors, Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC), Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. 2. Assistant Professors, Biostatistics Department, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 4. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran 5.Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran,Tel:083-66729189, Email:[email protected] 6.Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran ABSTRACT Background and Aim: Over the past decades, air pollution in the urban areas has shown an increasing trend. Air pollutants have resulted in different diseases. The aim of this study was to study the air quality in Sanandaj City in 2015 and 2016 and investigate its potential relationship with cardio-respiratory disorders and premature birth. Material and Method: This was a cross-sectional (descriptive-analytic) study, in which air pollutants data (Particulate Matter (PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen monoxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide) were collected from Department of Environmental Protection, Kurdistan Province. Data about cardio-respiratory diseases and preterm births were obtained from Tohid, Besat, and Tamin-e-Ejtemaee hospitals. Time series analysis was used to analyze the data. Result: The results showed that the levels of all air pollutants except particulate matters of less than 10 microns were lower than the annual allowed limit. Associated risk analysis showed relationship of particulate matters with increased mortality rate due to cardiovascular diseases. However, time series analysis showed that none of the air pollutants had statistically significant associtation with the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases and number of premature births. Conclusion: The results of this study showed PM10 as the only pollutants in Sanandaj air which was outside the standard limits and showed no significant relationship with mortality rate of cardio-respiratory diseases.
