Association of extreme precipitation with hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction in Beijing, China: A time-series study

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the context of global climate changes, increasing extreme weather events have aroused great public concern. Limited evidence has focused on the association between extreme precipitation and hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Our study aimed to examine the effect of extreme precipitation on AMI hospitalizations.

Methods

Daily AMI hospitalizations, weather variables and air pollution data in Beijing from 2013 to 2018 were obtained. We used a time-series analysis with a distributed lag model to evaluate the association of extreme precipitation (≥95th percentile of daily precipitation) with AMI hospitalizations. Subgroup analysis was conducted to identify the vulnerable subpopulations and further assessed the attributable burden.

Results

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9551252 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature