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

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

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.

• Language: English
• Keywords: cardiovascular disease, meteorological factors, atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature, myocardial infarction, weather, Europe
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: ZF - Faculty of Health Sciences; BF - Biotechnical Faculty; FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2014
• Number of pages: Str. 11616-11626
• Numbering: Vol. 11, iss. 11
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-130621
• UDC: 616.1:551.515
• ISSN on article: 1661-7827
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111111616
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1536032195
• Publication date in RUL: 16.09.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Shortened title: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1661-7827
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1024430420

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 12.11.2014

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: kardiovaskularne bolezni, meteorološke spremenljivke, atmosferski pritisk, vlaga, temperatura, miokardni infarkt, vreme, Evropa