Daylight Saving Time and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The available evidence on the effects of daylight saving time (DST) transitions on major cardiovascular diseases is limited and conflicting. We carried out the first meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) following DST transitions. METHODS:We searched cohort or case-control studies evaluating the incidence of AMI, among adults (≥18 y), during the weeks following spring and/or autumn DST shifts, versus control periods. The search was made in MedLine and Scopus, up to 31 December 2018, with no language restriction. A summary odds ratio of AMI was computed after: (1) spring, (2) autumn or (3) both transitions considered together. Meta-analyses were also stratified by gender and age. Data were combined using a generic inverse-variance approac

SUBMITTER: Manfredini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6463000 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature