Daily ambient temperature is associated with biomarkers of kidney injury in older Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increases in ambient temperature have recently been associated with increased emergency department visits and hospital admissions for acute renal failure. However, potential biological mechanisms through which short-term ambient temperature affects kidney function are not known.

Methods

We used multiple regression models to evaluate the association between 1- and 3-day average, ambient temperature levels and two biomarkers of kidney injury (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and adiponectin), among 3377 individuals over 57 years of age enrolled in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. Ambient temperature was estimated on a 6-km grid covering the conterminous United States using ambient temperature measurements obtained from the Nation

SUBMITTER: Honda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893879 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature