Correlation of environment temperature with the incidence of testicular torsion

• Published in: Zhonghua nan ke xue Vol. 30; no. 2; p. 128
• Main Authors: Meng, Qing-Song, DU, Jia-Xing, Zhang, Ming, Jia, Jiang-Hua, Wang, Xin, Zhang, Peng, Ma, Wan-Li, Wang, Ya-Xuan, Wang, Dong-Bin, Qi, Jin-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Humans; Incidence; Male; Seasons; Spermatic Cord Torsion - epidemiology; Temperature; testicular torsion; environment temperature; cold; season; influencing factors
• ISSN: 1009-3591

Objective： To explore the influence of environment temperature on the incidence of testicular torsion. We collected the clinical data on 172 cases of testicular torsion diagnosed in the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from December 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. 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 statistically significant difference among the four groups (χ2 = 29.07, P <0.001). Spearman correlation analysis indicated that the incidence of testicular torsion was negatively correlated with the environment temperature (r = －0.261, P <0.01), with no statistically significant difference among different sea