2023
Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe
Zhang S, Breitner S, Rai M, Nikolaou N, Stafoggia M, De' Donato F, Samoli E, Zafeiratou S, Katsouyanni K, Rao S, Palomares A, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe. Environment International 2023, 179: 108154. PMID: 37603993, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular disease mortalityCardiovascular disease deathsRelative riskCardiovascular diseaseRandom-effects meta-analysisSmall area levelPooled relative riskShort-term associationsQuasi-Poisson regressionArea-specific estimatesLevels of fine particulate matterSmall area dataRural settingsIdentifying individual-Vulnerability factorsMeta-regressionCardiovascular mortalityRural areasDegree of urbanizationMeta-analysisFine particulate matterSubgroup analysisEuropean countriesIndividual-Potential vulnerability factorsSMALL-AREA ANALYSIS OF SHORT-TERM ASSOCIATIONTWEEN HEAT AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Agewall S, Breitner S, Rai M, Stafoggia M, De'Donato F, Samoli E, Zafeiratou S, Fernandez L, Rao S, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Aunan K, Schneider A, Zhang S. SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS OF SHORT-TERM ASSOCIATIONTWEEN HEAT AND CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 81: 2114. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(23)02558-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmall area analysisCardiovascular mortalityHeat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries
Rai M, Stafoggia M, de'Donato F, Scortichini M, Zafeiratou S, Vazquez Fernandez L, Zhang S, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Rao S, Lavigne E, Guo Y, Kan H, Osorio S, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola J, Ryti N, Pascal M, Hashizume M, Fook Sheng Ng C, Alahmad B, Hurtado Diaz M, De la Cruz Valencia C, Nunes B, Madureira J, Scovronick N, Garland R, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Maria Vicedo-Cabrera A, Ragettli M, Leon Guo Y, Pan S, Li S, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Masselot P, Schwartz J, Zanobetti A, Bell M, Schneider A, Breitner S. Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries. Environment International 2023, 174: 107825. PMID: 36934570, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir pollutionRespiratory mortalityWHO air quality guidelinesElevated levels of air pollutionLevels of air pollutionAir quality guidelinesAmbient air pollutionLevel of pollutionCause-specific mortalityCardiovascular mortalityQuality guidelinesDaily death countsPollutant concentrationsCardiorespiratory mortalityPotential interactive effectsPollutionMitigation measuresPromote sustainable developmentMeta-analytic modelEffect modificationInteractive effects of heatSummer temperaturesSummer monthsExposure dataDeath counts
2021
A systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature
Zafeiratou S, Samoli E, Dimakopoulou K, Rodopoulou S, Analitis A, Gasparrini A, Stafoggia M, De' Donato F, Rao S, Monteiro A, Rai M, Zhang S, Breitner S, Aunan K, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, team E. A systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature. The Science Of The Total Environment 2021, 772: 145383. PMID: 33578152, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth outcomesRisk of biasCardiovascular risk factorsSystematic reviewCrude exposure assessmentShort-term mortality displacementDiverse health outcomesAssociation of long-termRisk factorsHigher obesityEffect modificationInadequate adjustmentCardiopulmonary mortalityWorld Health OrganizationEffect modifiersOutcome prevalenceMortality displacementAnnual temperature indicesLong-term exposureAir pollutionCardiovascular mortalityHealthHealth OrganizationHealth effectsRespiratory outcomes