The effect of ambient particle matters on hospital admissions for cardiac arrhythmia: a multi-city case-crossover study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between particle matters (PMs) and cardiac arrhythmia has been investigated in numerous studies. However, evidence from developing countries is limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between ambient PMs and hospital admissions for cardiac arrhythmia in China and to examine the potential effect modifiers.

Methods

A time-stratified case-crossover analysis was conducted in 26 large Chinese cities. In total, we identified 175,265 hospital admissions for cardiac arrhythmia between January 2014 and December 2015 from electronic hospitalization summary reports. Conditional logistic regression was performed to estimate the percentage changes in cardiac arrhythmia admissions in relation to interquartile range increases in air pollut

SUBMITTER: Zheng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6048711 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature