Weather Impact on Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Admissions With a New Model for Prediction: A Nationwide Study.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is associated with weather change. The study aimed to investigate if weather change was among the risk factors of coronary artery disease to influence AMI occurrence in Taiwan and to generate a model to predict the probabilities of AMI in specific weather and clinical conditions. Method: This observational study utilized the National Health Insurance Research Database and daily weather reports from Taiwan Central Weather Bureau to evaluate the discharge records of patients diagnosed with AMI from various hospitals in Taiwan between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011. Generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to estimate the effective parameters on

SUBMITTER: Li CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712757 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature