Correlation of environment temperature with the incidence of testicular torsion
10.13263/j.cnki.nja.2024.02.006
- VernacularTitle:环境温度与睾丸扭转发生的相关性分析研究
- Author:
Qing-Song MENG
1
;
Jia-Xing DU
;
Ming ZHANG
;
Jiang-Hua JIA
;
Xin WANG
;
Peng ZHANG
;
Wan-Li MA
;
Ya-Xuan WANG
;
Dong-Bin WANG
;
Jin-Chun QI
Author Information
1. 河北医科大学第二医院泌尿外科,河北石家庄 050000
- Keywords:
testicular torsion;
environment temperature;
cold;
season;
influencing factors
- From:
National Journal of Andrology
2024;30(2):128-131
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the influence of environment temperature on the incidence of testicular torsion.Methods:We collected the clinical data on 172 cases of testicular torsion diagnosed in the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from De-cember 2013 to December 2020.According to the local environment temperature on the day of onset,we divided the patients into groups A(below 0℃),B(0-10℃),C(10-20℃)and D(above 20℃),and compared the incidence rates of testicular torsion among the four groups,followed by correlation analysis.Results:The incidence rate of testicular torsion was 12.8％(n=22)in group A,35.5％(n=61)in B,34.9％(n=60)in C and 16.9％(n=29)in D,the highest at 0-10℃ in group B,with sta-tistically significant difference among the four groups(x2=29.07,P＜0.001).Spearman correlation analysis indicated that the inci-dence of testicular torsion was negatively correlated with the environment temperature(r=-0.261,P＜0.01),with no statistically significant difference among different seasons(x2=5.349,P＞0.05),but higher in autumn and winter than in the other two sea-sons.Conclusion:The incidence of testicular torsion is negatively correlated with the environment temperature,elevated when the temperature decreases,but has no statistically significant difference among different seasons,though relatively higher in autumn and winter.
