Influence of daily individual meteorological parameters on the incidence of acute coronary syndrome

Mirjam Ravljen (Author), Marjan Bilban (Author), Lučka Kajfež-Bogataj (Author), Tomaž Hovelja (Author), Damjan Vavpotič (Author)

Abstract

Background: A nationwide study was conducted to explore the short term association between daily individual meteorological parameters and the incidence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with coronary emergency catheter interventions in the Republic of Slovenia, a south-central European country. Method: We linked meteorological data with daily ACS incidence for the entire population of Slovenia, for the population over 65 years of age and for the population under 65 years of age. Data were collected daily for a period of 4 years from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2011. In line with existing studies, we used a main effect generalized linear model with a log-link-function and a Poisson distribution of ACS. Results and Conclusions: Three of the studied meteorological factors (daily average temperature, atmospheric pressure and relative humidity) all have relevant and significant influences on ACS incidences for the entire population. However, the ACS incidence for the population over 65 is only affected by daily average temperature, while the ACS incidence for the population under 65 is affected by daily average pressure and humidity. In terms of ambient temperature, the overall findings of our study are in line with the findings of the majority of contemporary European studies, which also note a negative correlation. The results regarding atmospheric pressure and humidity are less in line, due to considerable variations in results. Additionally, the number of available European studies on atmospheric pressure and humidity is relatively low. The fourth studied variable—season—does not influence ACS incidence in a statistically significant way.

Keywords

kardiovaskularne bolezni;meteorološke spremenljivke;atmosferski pritisk;vlaga;temperatura;miokardni infarkt;vreme;Evropa;cardiovascular disease;meteorological factors;atmospheric pressure;humidity;temperature;myocardial infarction;weather;Europe;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2014
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
UDC:	616.1:551.515
COBISS:	1536032195
ISSN:	1661-7827
Views:	213
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	kardiovaskularne bolezni;meteorološke spremenljivke;atmosferski pritisk;vlaga;temperatura;miokardni infarkt;vreme;Evropa;
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 11616-11626
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ11
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ11
Chronology:	Nov. 2014
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph111111616
ID:	13454776