Study of air pollution's influences on the residents' cardiovascular diseases in Shenzhen

Objective To explore the influence of air pollutants 〔respirable particulate matter(PM10),sulfur dioxide(SO2),nitrogen dioxide(NO2),ozone(O3)〕 on cardiovascular diseases of outpatients and inpatients.Methods The relationship between air pollution and the outpatients' and inpatients' data of Shenzhen for cardiovascular disease were investigated by collecting the air pollution data,the meteorological data and cardiovascular diseases'data of outpatients and inpatients in Shenzhen city from January 1 to December.Regression analysis was carried out by the time series measures.Results Air pollutants(PM10,SO2,O3) and inpatients data had certain pertinence,and was of statistical significance.With the increasing of the concentration of the pollutants,the number of the inpatients of cardiovascular diseases increased.During the most severe period of air pollution from November to December,the number of inpatients of cardiovascular diseases was the highest.Conclusion Air pollutants(PM10,SO2,O3) are the primary environmental pathogeny factor for cardiovascular diseases,especially ozone(O3).