Seasonal Influenza Infections and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular deaths and influenza epidemics peak during winter in temperate regions.

Objectives

To quantify the temporal association between population increases in seasonal influenza infections and mortality due to cardiovascular causes and to test if influenza incidence indicators are predictive of cardiovascular mortality during the influenza season.

Design, setting, and participants

Time-series analysis of vital statistics records and emergency department visits in New York City, among cardiovascular deaths that occurred during influenza seasons between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2012. The 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) pandemic period was excluded from temporal analyses.

Exposures

Emergency department visits for influenza-like illness, gr

SUBMITTER: Nguyen JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5158013 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature