Abstract | OBJECTIVE: STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We compared the monthly mean temperature, rainfall, and humidity with rates of hospitalized VTE, stroke, and AMI among young women aged 15-49 from 17 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean by using a negative binomial regression model. RESULTS: The study included 1146, 2,269, and 369 cases of VTE, stroke, and AMI, respectively. Significant associations between temperature and hospital admission rates of stroke and AMI, but not VTE, were apparent. Lagging the effects of temperature suggested that these effects were relatively acute, within a period of a month. CONCLUSION: These data may help in understanding the mechanisms whereby stroke and AMI events are triggered.
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Authors | Choon Lan Chang, Martin Shipley, Michael Marmot, Neil Poulter |
Journal | Journal of clinical epidemiology
(J Clin Epidemiol)
Vol. 57
Issue 7
Pg. 749-57
(Jul 2004)
ISSN: 0895-4356 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15358404
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- Climate
- Female
- Global Health
- Hospitalization
(statistics & numerical data)
- Humans
- Incidence
- Myocardial Infarction
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Risk Factors
- Stroke
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Temperature
- Venous Thrombosis
(epidemiology, etiology)
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