Association between wet-bulb globe temperature with peptic ulcer disease in different geographic regions in a large Taiwanese population study
The associations between WBGT and PUD differed across the geographical regions of Taiwan. In northern and southern Taiwan, increases in average WBGT values were significantly associated with a low prevalence of PUD. In addition, this relationship was much stronger in southern Taiwan than in northern Taiwan. Of note, there was a reverse relationship between WBGT and PUD during the noon and working periods in eastern Taiwan. Further studies are needed to elucidate the effects of WBGT on PUD.
Authors
- Wan-Ling Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2667-1174)
- Ping‐Hsun Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1021-8161)
- Chih‐Da Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-7937)
- Chia‐Yu Kuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4508-4394)
- Chao-Hung Kuo
- Ming‐Yen Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-4833)
- Yuh-Ching Gau
- Ying-Jhen Wu
- Wei‐Yu Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8430-7610)
- Szu-Chia Chen
Institutions
- Kaohsiung Medical University (TW)
- National Chung Hsing University (TW)
- National Health Research Institutes (TW)
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (TW)
- Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-025-03803-4
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital
- Ministry of Education, India
- Kaohsiung Medical University