Association between ambient temperatures and mental disorder hospitalizations in a subtropical city: A time-series study of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Chan, E, Lam, H, So, S, Goggins, W, Ho, J, Liu, S, Chung, P

“…</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Using Poisson-generalized additive models and distributed-lagged nonlinear models, daily mental disorder hospitalizations between 2002 and 2011 in Hong Kong were regressed on daily mean temperature, relative humidity, and air pollutants, adjusted for seasonal trend, long-term trend, day-of-week, and holiday. Analyses were stratified by disease class, gender and age-group.…”

A study of the short-term associations between hospital admissions and mortality from heart failure and meteorological variables in Hong Kong: Weather and heart failure in Hong Kon... by Goggins, W, Chan, E

“…Generalized additive (Poisson) regression models were used with daily HF admissions/mortality as outcomes and dailymean temperature, humidity, and wind speed as predictors, while controlling for pollutant levels, time trend, season, day of theweek, and holiday. Non-linear distributed lag functions were used for predictors to allow for non-linear and delayed associations.…”

Weather, season, and daily stroke admissions in Hong Kong. by Goggins, W, Woo, J, Ho, S, Chan, E, Chau, P

“…We used Poisson Generalized Additive Models with daily hemorrhagic (HS) and ischemic stroke (IS) counts separately as outcomes, and daily mean temperature, humidity, solar radiation, rainfall, air pressure, pollutants, flu consultation rates, day of week, holidays, time trend and seasonality as predictors. …”