Association between daily variations in the levels of atmospheric O3, PM2.5, and NO2 and the frequency of hospital visits due to respiratory diseases and hypertension in Mexico City using Generalized Additive Mixed Models
This study provides strong evidence that short term exposure to elevated concentrations of atmospheric pollutants, specifically PM<sub>2.5</sub>, O3, and NO2, are significantly associated with an increase in medical visits for upper respiratory diseases, asthma, and hypertension in Mexico City. By employing Generalized Additive Mixed Models and analyzing health records from IMSS-affiliated hospitals between 2017 and 2019, we observed that the effects of air pollution varied by disease, age group, season, and day of the week.
Authors
- Anil Namdeo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0982-9590)
- Yosune Miquelajauregui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7084-7782)
- Richard McNally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-6467)
- Louise Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6442-4150)
- Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-9727)
- Mónica Jaimes-Palomera
- Cinthia Gabriela Resendiz-Martinez
- Jimena García-Burgos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1960-4632)
- Ramón Alberto Rascón-Pacheco
- Jane Entwistle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-4502)
- Antonio Portas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9897-9832)
- Alejandro Ruíz-Olivares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-5833)
- Lindsay Bramwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1795-8736)
- Elizabeth Vega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2954-950X)
- David Aldebarán Duarte-Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0560-2540)
- Juan Manuel Mejía‐Aranguré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8027-6231)
- Nancy Minerva Torres-Rojas
- Ángel Fragoso-Chino
- Regina Rentería-Campos
- Romain Bernard M. Feytmans
Institutions
- Mexican Social Security Institute (MX)
- Universidad Anáhuac México Sur (MX)
- Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (MX)
- Northumbria University (GB)
- Colegio de Postgraduados (MX)
- National Institute of Genomic Medicine (MX)
- Instituto de Ecología (MX)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1593285
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Secretaría de Estado de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
- Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica
- National Institutes of Health