Effects of temperature and humidity on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in a super-aging society.

ABSTRACT: Weather conditions affect the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, little is known on the association of weather temperature and humidity with AMI hospitalizations in a super-aging society. This study sought to examine this association. We included 87,911 consecutive patients with AMI admitted to Japanese acute-care hospitals between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2015. The primary outcome was the number of AMI hospitalizations per day. Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models were used to estimate the association of the average temperature and humidity, 1 day before hospital admission, with AMI hospitalizations, after adjusting for weather, hospital, and patient demographics.Lower temperature and humidity were associated with an increased number of AMI hospitaliz

SUBMITTER: Higuma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613245 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature