Extreme Heat, Social Factors, and Mortality Among California Veterans With Cardiometabolic Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is limited research investigating associations between extreme heat events (EHEs) and adverse outcomes for veterans and high-risk veteran subpopulations.

Objectives

To investigate the association between EHEs and mortality among California veterans with common cardiometabolic diseases and to examine how this risk differs by race and ethnicity, neighborhood health-related social risk factors, and history of homelessness.

Design, setting, and participants

This case-crossover study used administrative data from the Veterans Health Administration (VA) Corporate Data Warehouse to identify veterans with a California address from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2021, and a diagnosis of a cardiometabolic condition of hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart d

SUBMITTER: Shannon EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12648351 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature