O'Reilly M A, O'Reilly P M
Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London, UK.
Eur Neurol. 1991;31(6):391-5. doi: 10.1159/000116701.
A 5-year retrospective study (January 1981-December 1985) of 87 patients with a known diagnosis of MS who were admitted to the University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland, was carried out. The duration of disease relapse was correlated with the following meteorological factors prevailing about the period of relapse: (a) temperature--mean daily, absolute maximum, absolute minimum; (b) rainfall; (c) relative humidity, and (d) sunshine and global radiation. Highly significant positive correlations were found between relapse duration and temperature variables, total number of sunshine hours and global radiation. Negative correlations were found between relapse duration and both rainfall and relative humidity. Relapses were of longer duration in the middle months of the year.
对1981年1月至1985年12月期间入住爱尔兰戈尔韦大学学院医院的87例确诊为多发性硬化症（MS）的患者进行了一项为期5年的回顾性研究。疾病复发持续时间与复发期间普遍存在的以下气象因素相关：（a）温度——日平均温度、绝对最高温度、绝对最低温度；（b）降雨量；（c）相对湿度；（d）日照和总辐射。发现复发持续时间与温度变量、日照总时数和总辐射之间存在高度显著的正相关。复发持续时间与降雨量和相对湿度之间均呈负相关。一年中间几个月的复发持续时间更长。
