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Thorax 56:468-471 doi:10.1136/thorax.56.6.468
  • Original article

Thunderstorm outflows preceding epidemics of asthma during spring and summer

Table 1

Association between meteorological events and epidemic days

Epidemic days Control days Odds ratio (95% CI)
Thunderstorms within 80 km 15/481-150(31%) 16/191 (8%) 5.0 (2.4 to 10.5)
Thunderstorm outflows 13/39 (33%) 5/155 (3%) 15.0 (6.0 to 37.6)
Thunderstorms within 80 km on days when there was no outflow detected 4/26 (15%) 10/150 (7%) 2.5 (0.8 to 8.5)
Cold front 4/39 (10%) 24/155 (15%) 0.6 (0.2 to 1.9)
  • 1-150 Number of epidemic or control days on which the meteorological event occurred/number of epidemic or control days for which the relevant meteorological data were available.

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