Climatic effect on rheumatoid arthritis

摘要: Objective We aimed to investigate the relationship between climatic changes and hospital admissions that are registered as rheumatoid arthritis according to ICD-10 coding registry at the Atatürk University Hospital, located in Erzurum city center. Material and Methods The study included 3 033 193 patients presenting to the Atatürk University Hospital outpatient clinics, including emergency admissions between January 2008 and December 2011. Data from 2 151 952 cases (70.9% of total applications) aged between 18-105 years were included in the study. A total of 29 966 patients who were registered as RA (ICD 10 code M06) or seropositive RA (ICD 10 code M05), according the ICD-10 coding registry system, were selected. Statistical analyses were run to find out a possible relationship between daily number of hospital admissions due to RA or seropositive RA and studied climatic parameters. Results The mean …