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SUBMITTER: Vaiciulis V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382753 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vaičiulis Vidmantas V Jaakkola Jouni J K JJK Radišauskas Ričardas R Tamošiūnas Abdonas A Lukšienė Dalia D Ryti Niilo R I NRI
Scientific reports 20210823 1
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major public health problem. Cold winter weather increases the risk of AMI, but factors influencing susceptibility are poorly known. We conducted an individual-level case-crossover study of the associations between winter cold spells and the risk of AMI, with special focus on survival at 28 days and effect modification by age and sex. All 16,071 adult cases of AMI among the residents of the city of Kaunas in Lithuania in 2000-2015 were included in the study ...[more]