Association of ambient particulate matter with heart failure incidence and all-cause readmissions in Tasmania: an observational study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:We sought to investigate the relationship between air quality and heart failure (HF) incidence and rehospitalisation to elucidate whether there is a threshold in this relationship and whether this relationship differs for HF incidence and rehospitalisation. METHODS:This retrospective observational study was performed in an Australian state-wide setting, where air pollution is mainly associated with wood-burning for winter heating. Data included all 1246 patients with a first-ever HF hospitalisation and their 3011 subsequent all-cause readmissions during 2009-2012. Daily particulate matter <2.5 µm (PM2.5), temperature, relative humidity and influenza infection were recorded. Poisson regression was used, with adjustment for time trend, public and school holiday and day of week. RE

SUBMITTER: Huynh QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5950647 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature