Impacts of exposure to humidex on cardiovascular mortality: a multi-city study in Southwest China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have reported the association between ambient temperature and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the health effects of humidity are still unclear, much less the combined effects of temperature and humidity. In this study, we used humidex to quantify the effect of temperature and humidity combined on CVD mortality.

Methods

Daily meteorological, air pollution, and CVD mortality data were collected in four cities in southwest China. We used a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) in the first stage to assess the exposure-response association between humidex and city-specific CVD mortality. A multivariate meta-analysis was conducted in the second stage to pool these effects at the overall level. To evaluate the mortality burden of hig

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548730 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature