Matsumoto Shin, Ishii Ryota, Kiuchi Chihiro, Osawa Kotaro, Adachi Masahiro, Ii Rieko, Nakayama Masahiro, Tanaka Shuho, Tabuchi Keiji
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN.
Biostatistics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, JPN.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 13;15(3):e36063. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36063. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Background Epistaxis is a very common symptom. The occurrence of epistaxis may be affected by dry environments, but there are some differences among previous reports and this view is controversial. Objective We investigated the relationship between the number of epistaxes and daily average relative humidity. Methods Data on patients with epistaxis between March 2011 and February 2021 were collected from two hospitals. The daily average relative humidity was examined, and the change in the number of patients with epistaxis due to humidity was investigated using a generalized linear mixed model. Results A total of 4184 cases of epistaxis were identified. The number of epistaxis cases per day was significantly associated with the daily average relative humidity (p < 0.001). One percent increment in average relative humidity decreases the number of epistaxis cases per day by 1.1%. Conclusion A negative correlation was found to exist between daily average relative humidity and occurrences of epistaxis.
鼻出血是一种非常常见的症状。鼻出血的发生可能受干燥环境影响，但以往报道之间存在一些差异，这一观点存在争议。目的：我们研究了鼻出血次数与日平均相对湿度之间的关系。方法：收集了2011年3月至2021年2月两家医院鼻出血患者的数据。检测日平均相对湿度，并使用广义线性混合模型研究因湿度导致的鼻出血患者数量变化。结果：共确定4184例鼻出血病例。每日鼻出血病例数与日平均相对湿度显著相关（p < 0.001）。平均相对湿度每增加1%，每日鼻出血病例数减少1.1%。结论：发现日平均相对湿度与鼻出血发生率之间存在负相关。
