Impact of Desert Dust Events on the Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Whether or not inhalation of airborne desert dust has adverse health effects is unknown. The present study, based on a systematic review and meta-analysis, was carried out to assess the influence desert dust on cardiovascular mortality, acute coronary syndrome, and heart failure. A systematic search was made in PubMed and Embase databases for studies published before March 2020. Studies based on daily measurements of desert dust were identified. The meta-analysis evaluated the impact of desert dust on cardiovascular events the same day (lag 0) of the exposure and during several days after the exposure (lags 1 to 5). The combined impact of several days of exposure was also evaluated. The incidence rate ratio (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was calculated using the inverse variance

SUBMITTER: Dominguez-Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918944 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature