出生月份竟影響人一生健康

The month you were born does have an impact on how likely you are to become ill, researchers have claimed.
研究人員稱，人的出生月份確實會影響患病的幾率。

After using the algorithm to examine New York City medical databases, they found 55 diseases that correlated with the season of birth.
他們用演算法分析了紐約市的醫療數據庫之后，發現有55種疾病確實與出生季節有關。

Overall, the Columbia University study indicated people born in May had the lowest disease risk, and those born in October the highest.
根據哥倫比亞大學的這項研究，總的來看，五月出生的人患病風險最低，而十月出生的人風險最高。

'Lifetime disease risk is affected by birth month,' the researchers wrote in in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.
研究者在《美國醫療信息組織月刊》上稱：“人一生的患病風險會受到出生月份的影響。”

'Seasonally dependent early developmental mechanisms may play a role in increasing lifetime risk of disease.'
“受季節影響的早期發育機制可能會影響人整個一生的患病率。”

'This data could help scientists uncover new disease risk factors,' said author Nicholas Tatonetti.
“對這些數據的研究有助于科學家找出新的致病因素，”研究發起人Nicholas Tatonetti說。

By identifying what's causing disease disparities by birth month, the researchers hope to figure out how they might close the gap.
研究者們希望，若能確定出生月份中究竟是什么因素影響患病率，他們也許可以找出彌補不同月份患病幾率差異的方法。