出生月份竟然能決定你易得哪種病?

The month of your birth can affect which diseases will afflict you, according to new research.

最新研究表明，你出生的月份會影響你得某種疾病。

Seasonal changes in ultraviolet rays, vitamin D levels and viruses - more common in the winter - may affect foetal development, experts believe.

專家認爲，紫外線的季節性變化，維生素D的多少和病毒（冬天最爲常見）可能會影響嬰兒的成長。

Spanish scientists mapped birth months to 27 chronic diseases to see if it made a difference to long-term health, and were surprised to find it has a significant impact for some conditions.

西班牙科學家將出生月份和27種慢性疾病聯繫起來，以觀察出生月份對長期的健康狀況是否有影響，結果他們驚訝地發現，在很多情況下出生月份對健康的影響會很大。

Men who were born in September, for example, were almost three times more likely to suffer thyroid problems than those born in January. August male babies had almost double the risk of asthma compared to those born at the beginning of the year.

例如，九月份出生的男性患甲狀腺疾病的概率是一月份出生的人的三倍。八月份出生的男性嬰兒患哮喘的概率是年初出生的嬰兒的兩倍。

Similarly, women born in July were 27 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure and were at a 40 per cent increased risk of incontinence.

同樣的，七月份出生的女性有高血壓的機率要比正常的高27%，失禁的風險則超出正常40%。

The University of Alicante, which carried out the study on nearly 30,000 people, also found that some months had beneficial effects on health.

阿里坎特大學對大約30000人做了這項研究調查，同時還發現了有些出生月份對健康有積極的影響。

Men born in June were 34 per cent less likely to suffer depression and 22 per cent less likely to be diagnosed with lower back pain. Women born in June had a 33 per cent lower risk of migraines and a 35 per cent less chance of experiencing menopause problems.

六月份出生的男人，抑鬱的機率比正常低34%，患下背痛的概率低於正常22%。六月份出生的女人患偏頭痛的機率比正常低33%，有更年期問題的機率比正常低35%。