Lingzhi Chu
Postdoctoral AssociateAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Floods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach
Chu L, Warren J, Spatz E, Lowe S, Lu Y, Ma X, Ross J, Krumholz H, Chen K. Floods and cause-specific mortality in the United States applying a triply robust approach. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 2853. PMID: 40122917, PMCID: PMC11930965, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58236-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCDC's National Center for Health StatisticsNational Center for Health StatisticsCause-specific mortality ratesCenter for Health StatisticsCause-specific mortalityHealth impacts of floodingExcess all-cause deathsLong-term health risksFlood daysLong-term associationDeath recordsHealth StatisticsConfounder adjustmentExternal causesStorm Events DatabaseAll-cause deathHealth impactsImpact of floodsPropensity scorePost‐flood yearMortality rateMyocardial infarctionPost-floodContiguous U.S.Respiratory diseaseShort‐Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study
Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Wei J, Dubrow R, Chaudhry S, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Chen K. Short‐Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2024gh001234. PMID: 39968338, PMCID: PMC11833228, DOI: 10.1029/2024gh001234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarction subtypeShort-term associationsAcute myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarction onsetAMI riskEffect modificationAssociated with increased AMI riskParticipant's home addressNon-Hispanic blacksNon-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionNon-Hispanic whitesCase-crossover designType 1 AMIConditional logistic regressionIncreased AMI riskMyocardial infarction onsetType 2 AMIAcute myocardial infarction patientsST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionLifestyle factorsSociodemographic statusHome addressUS hospitalsStratified analysisSpatiotemporal deep learning approach
2024
Ambient Temperature and Stroke Risk Among Adults Aged 18-64 Years A Case-Crossover Study
Chu L, Wang R, Gross C, Chen K, Ma X. Ambient Temperature and Stroke Risk Among Adults Aged 18-64 Years A Case-Crossover Study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2024, 84: 2327-2331. PMID: 39453364, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.08.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFloods and cause-specific mortality in the United States during 2001-2020
Chu L, Warren J, Spatz E, Lowe S, Lu Y, Ma X, Ross J, Krumholz H, Chen K. Floods and cause-specific mortality in the United States during 2001-2020. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.1705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort-term association between ambient ozone and onset of acute myocardial infarction of young patients: Results from the VIRGO study
Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Chen K. Short-term association between ambient ozone and onset of acute myocardial infarction of young patients: Results from the VIRGO study. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA unified framework for assessing interaction effects among environmental exposures in epidemiologic studies: A case study on temperature, air pollution, and kidney-related conditions in New York state
Chu L, Chen K, Yang Z, Crowley S, Dubrow R. A unified framework for assessing interaction effects among environmental exposures in epidemiologic studies: A case study on temperature, air pollution, and kidney-related conditions in New York state. Environmental Research 2024, 248: 118324. PMID: 38301759, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAir pollutionMultiplicative interaction effectsNew York StateEstimated health burdenCase-crossover designEvaluation of effect modificationBi-variate associationsAssess interaction effectsConditional logistic modelMeasures of exposureInteraction effectsEffect modificationPollutionExposure variablesHealth burdenEpidemiological studiesEnvironmental exposuresLog-linear modelLogistic modelInteraction termsQuantitative frameworkAirCase studyExposureAlert system
2023
Besieged on all sides: the future burden of high-temperature-related kidney disease
Chu L, Chen K. Besieged on all sides: the future burden of high-temperature-related kidney disease. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 2023, 41: 100941. PMID: 37886030, PMCID: PMC10598698, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations between short-term exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3 pollution and kidney-related conditions and the role of temperature-adjustment specification: A case-crossover study in New York state
Chu L, Chen K, Di Q, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Associations between short-term exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and O3 pollution and kidney-related conditions and the role of temperature-adjustment specification: A case-crossover study in New York state. Environmental Pollution 2023, 328: 121629. PMID: 37054868, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations between short-term temperature exposure and kidney-related conditions in New York State: The influence of temperature metrics across four dimensions
Chu L, Chen K, Crowley S, Dubrow R. Associations between short-term temperature exposure and kidney-related conditions in New York State: The influence of temperature metrics across four dimensions. Environment International 2023, 173: 107783. PMID: 36841184, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107783.Peer-Reviewed Original Research