PMID- 23646115
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131126
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013
TI  - Association between ambient temperature and acute myocardial infarction 
      hospitalisations in Gothenburg, Sweden: 1985-2010.
PG  - e62059
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0062059 [doi]
LID - e62059
AB  - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death globally and 
      evidence is steadily increasing on the role of non-traditional risk factors such 
      as meteorology and air pollution. Nevertheless, many research gaps remain, such 
      as the association between these non-traditional risk factors and subtypes of 
      CVD, such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The objective of this study was 
      to investigate the association between daily ambient temperature and AMI 
      hospitalisations using a case-crossover design in Gothenburg, Sweden (1985-2010). 
      A secondary analysis was also performed for out-of-hospital ischemic heart 
      disease (IHD) deaths. Susceptible groups by age and sex were explored. The entire 
      year as well as the warm (April-September) and cold periods (October-March) were 
      considered. In total 28,215 AMI hospitalisations (of 22,475 people) and 21,082 
      out-of-hospital IHD deaths occurred during the 26-year study period. A linear 
      exposure-response corresponding to a 3% and 7% decrease in AMI hospitalisations 
      was observed for an inter-quartile range (IQR) increase in the 2-day cumulative 
      average of temperature during the entire year (11 degrees C) and the warm period (6 degrees C), 
      respectively, with and without adjustment for PM(1)(0), NO(2), NOx or O(3). No heat waves 
      occurred during the warm period. No evidence of an association in the cold period 
      nor any association between temperature and IHD deaths in the entire year, warm 
      or cold periods--with and without adjusting for PM(1)(0), NO(2), NOx or O(3) was found. 
      No susceptible groups, based on age or sex, were identified either. The inverse 
      association between temperature and AMI hospitalisations (entire year and warm 
      period) in Gothenburg is in accordance with the majority of the few other studies 
      that investigated this subtype of CVD.
FAU - Wichmann, Janine
AU  - Wichmann J
AD  - Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska University 
      Hospital and University of Gothenburg, Gothenborg, Sweden. 
      gerd.sallsten@amm.gu.se
FAU - Rosengren, Annika
AU  - Rosengren A
FAU - Sjoberg, Karin
AU  - Sjoberg K
FAU - Barregard, Lars
AU  - Barregard L
FAU - Sallsten, Gerd
AU  - Sallsten G
LA  - eng
PT  - Historical Article
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130430
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Air Pollutants/analysis
MH  - Air Pollution
MH  - Female
MH  - History, 20th Century
MH  - History, 21st Century
MH  - Hospital Mortality
MH  - *Hospitalization
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/*epidemiology/*etiology/history
MH  - Patient Admission
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Sweden/epidemiology
MH  - *Temperature
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3639986
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2013/05/07 06:00
MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00
PMCR- 2013/04/30
CRDT- 2013/05/07 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/04/30 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-13-02504 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0062059 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2013 Apr 30;8(4):e62059. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062059. Print 2013.