Atmospheric fronts as minor cardiovascular risk factors, a new approach to preventive cardiology

Copyright © 2019 Japanese College of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally and represent 31% of all global deaths. The aim of our study was to determine the influence of front effects on acute cardiovascular diseases (ACVDs).

METHODS: We obtained all ACVD admissions in a Central-European region, Hungary, Budapest. A time-series analysis was applied to 6499 morbidity cases during a five-year period (2009-2013). Poisson-regression model was used and adjusted for air temperature, pressure, humidity, wind velocity, their interactions and seasonality to assess the association of fronts and ACVDs.

RESULTS: There is a positive significant association between ACVDs and a cold front effect lagged by one day (p=0.018) with a relative risk (RR) of 1.095 [95% CI (1.021,1.181)]. Our findings show that among patient subgroups with major cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, history of CVDs) the patterns are similar, but occluded fronts also have a significant effect.

CONCLUSION: Atmospheric fronts could play an important role in the pathogenesis of ACVDs. Our findings might help to provide a better understanding about fronts as minor cardiovascular risk factors and to organize medical prevention more effectively. Our research project may become a basis of a new field of preventive cardiovascular medicine in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Journal of cardiology - 75(2020), 2 vom: 30. Feb., Seite 196-202

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boussoussou, Melinda [VerfasserIn]
Boussoussou, Nora [VerfasserIn]
Merész, Gergő [VerfasserIn]
Rakovics, Márton [VerfasserIn]
Entz, László [VerfasserIn]
Nemes, Attila [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute cardiovascular diseases
Atmospheric front
Journal Article
Observational Study
Prevention
Risk factor

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.12.2020

Date Revised 15.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jjcc.2019.07.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300491956