Evaluating the relationship between the level of air pollutants and the referring rate of heart disease patients to hospital in Isfahan

Subject Areas : Climatology

Azam Abdolazimi ¹ , Amir Gandomkar ² , Majid Ghias ³ , S.Mohsen Hoseini ⁴

1 - Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
2 - Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
3 - Department of Planning, Geography Science & Rural Planning Faculty, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
4 - Dermatology and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Medicine, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2016-12-04 Accepted : 2018-01-02 Published : 2018-03-07

Keywords: air pollutants, heart disease, referring to hospital, relationship,

Abstract :

Air pollution threatens the lives of citizens as a problem of life in metropolises in the world and probably results in heart disease. The relationship between heart disease reference to hospital and pollutants was analyzed using descriptive-statistical method. The results of Chi-squared test between heart disease patients and exposure to pollutants like SO21NO22 and PM103 and ANOVA Test with patients' exposure to CO4 and NO2 showed a significant relationship. Also calculating Correlation coefficient showed the most Pearson correlation for PM10 with 0/165 coefficient and for SO2 with 0/113 coefficient. So there is a significant and meaningful relationship between the number of heart disease patients referring to hospital and air pollutants in Isfahan.