Does our health condition being born in January or August? It seems. A study carried out by a team of researchers from Columbia University (USA) has concluded that there is a relationship between the date of birth and the development of certain diseases . The work has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association .
The scientists developed an algorithm dubbed SeaWAS that contained 1,688 medical conditions and used it with the database of medical records of 1.7 million people treated between 1985 and 2013 at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York. associated with Columbia University Medical Center. By relating dates of birth to diseases, the algorithm was able to associate 55 diseases closely related to the month of birth of the patients .
According to the data extracted thanks to this computerized method, the worst month to be born is October , since it is the period with the highest incidence of lifetime risks. The month with the least risk, May.
“These data could help scientists discover new risk factors for the disease. It is important not to get too nervous about these results , as although we have found significant associations, the overall risk of the disease is not that great. You have to look at it in perspective ”, clarifies Nicholas Tatonetti, co-author of the study.
And it is that according to the conclusions of the work, the risk related to the month of birth is relatively lower if we compare it with other key variables such as exercise and diet.
Be that as it may, the most common medical complications according to the months of birth were: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), asthma, colitis, eye-related diseases or otitis . The results also revealed that most of the birth month – disease connections were related to cardiovascular disease, early development, and vitamin D.
Thus, those born in March face an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, heart failure and mitral valve disorder of the heart and, therefore, a shorter life expectancy.
