TY - JOUR
T1 - Study on Association between Cardiovascular Disease and Old People's Living Environment in Rural Shanghai in Winter
AU - Wu, Xia
AU - Zhang, Huibo
AU - Yoshino, Hiroshi
AU - Yanagi, U.
AU - Hasegawa, Kenichi
AU - Kagi, Naoki
AU - Goto, Tomonobu
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was financially supported by the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (JSPS KAKENHI Grant No.16H05751) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51308333). The authors thank the occupants of the investigated dwellings for their helpful cooperation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - To study the association between the cardiovascular disease (CVD) and old people's living environment in rural Shanghai in winter, questionnaires and interviews were first conducted in 60 households in rural Shanghai in winter to investigate the living environment and habits of the elderly persons. Field measurement was followed in 5 typical households, including continuously monitoring indoor and outdoor temperature, relative humidity, and CO2 concentration for a whole week; the elderly's blood pressure in this week; and PM1, PM2.5, PM10, CO and NOX concentration at the end of this week. The conclusion is that the temperature of a room in the morning is significantly lower than evening (p<0.05), and the temperature of the toilets is significantly lower than bedrooms and living rooms (p<0.05). According to the field measurement, RH of toilets and living rooms are above 70%, and houses are obviously affected with damp. Additionally, the elderly's blood pressure in the morning is significantly higher than evening (p<0.001).
AB - To study the association between the cardiovascular disease (CVD) and old people's living environment in rural Shanghai in winter, questionnaires and interviews were first conducted in 60 households in rural Shanghai in winter to investigate the living environment and habits of the elderly persons. Field measurement was followed in 5 typical households, including continuously monitoring indoor and outdoor temperature, relative humidity, and CO2 concentration for a whole week; the elderly's blood pressure in this week; and PM1, PM2.5, PM10, CO and NOX concentration at the end of this week. The conclusion is that the temperature of a room in the morning is significantly lower than evening (p<0.05), and the temperature of the toilets is significantly lower than bedrooms and living rooms (p<0.05). According to the field measurement, RH of toilets and living rooms are above 70%, and houses are obviously affected with damp. Additionally, the elderly's blood pressure in the morning is significantly higher than evening (p<0.001).
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Living environment
KW - Residential buildings in rural Shanghai
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.906
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.906
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85033394651
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 205
SP - 2847
EP - 2854
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
T2 - 10th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, ISHVAC 2017
Y2 - 19 October 2017 through 22 October 2017
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