Effect of temperature fluctuations in cold seasons on acute myocardial infarction hospitalisations in northeast China: a retrospective observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine the potential influence of ambient temperature on the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Design

A retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Changchun, a northeastern city in China, has a temperate continental humid climate.

Participants

1933 AMI patients admitted to the outpatient department of the First Hospital of Jilin University were included in the study from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019.

Outcome measure

We explored the effect of daily minimum and maximum temperatures, as well as temperature changes on two adjacent days, on the incidence of daily AMI from 1 to 5 days later in Changchun.

Results

We found that the average daily number of AMI cases was higher from October to Apri

SUBMITTER: Zhang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689419 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature