Combined impact of heat and dust on diabetes hospitalization in Kuwait
Authors' conclusion
Both heat and dust seem to contribute to the increased diabetes morbidity, with combined hot-dusty conditions exacerbating these risks even further.
Study context
- Population
- Unplanned diabetic admissions in all public hospitals in Kuwait, 2017–2019
- Participants
- 11,155 hospitalizations
- Comparison
- Hot and dusty days vs mild non-dusty days
- Outcome
- Unplanned diabetes hospitalization
Methodological detailsconditional quasi-Poisson models, generalized additive models, Daily dust samples collected with custom particle samplers for 2 years; temperature from meteorological stations
- Conditional quasi-Poisson models
- Generalized additive models
- Daily dust samples collected with custom particle samplers for 2 years; temperature from meteorological stations
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Unplanned diabetic admissions · annually
Excess diabetic admissions per year attributed to hot days
282
95% CI −14 to 473
Excess diabetic admissions annually per 10 µg/m³ increase in dust (95% CI: 11 to 219)
about 114
RR of diabetic admissions, hot-dusty days vs mild non-dusty days (33°C, 0 µg/m³), at 42°C (85 µg/m³)
1.11
RR of diabetic admissions, hot-dusty days vs mild non-dusty days (33°C, 0 µg/m³), at 42°C (150 µg/m³)
1.36
Original publication
Combined impact of heat and dust on diabetes hospitalization in Kuwait. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. Published 29 August 2024. doi:10.
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