Temporal variations in the triggering of myocardial infarction by air temperature in Augsburg, Germany, 1987–2014
Chen K, Breitner S, Wolf K, Hampel R, Meisinger C, Heier M, von Scheidt W, Kuch B, Peters A, Schneider A, Peters A, Schulz H, Schwettmann L, Leidl R, Heier M, Strauch K. Temporal variations in the triggering of myocardial infarction by air temperature in Augsburg, Germany, 1987–2014. European Heart Journal 2019, 40: 1600-1608. PMID: 30859207, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionMI riskCases of MIRisk of MITime-stratified case-crossover analysisPopulation susceptibilityCase-crossover analysisArea of AugsburgCoronary deathDiabetes mellitusNon-significant declineSubgroup analysisRelative riskLag non-linear modelShort-term exposureMI eventsEnvironmental triggersInfarctionRiskFuture studiesSocioeconomic settingsAssociationExposureSusceptibility