Heat and risk of myocardial infarction: hourly level case-crossover analysis of MINAP database

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作者
Bhaskaran, Krishnan [1 ]
Armstrong, Ben [2 ]
Hajat, Shakoor [2 ]
Haines, Andy [2 ]
Wilkinson, Paul [2 ]
Smeeth, Liam [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Noncommunicable Dis Epidemiol, London WC1E 7HT, England
[2] Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Social & Environm Hlth Res, London WC1E 7HT, England
基金
英国惠康基金; 美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
EASTERN UNITED-STATES; AIR-POLLUTION; TIME-SERIES; AMBIENT-TEMPERATURE; 11; CITIES; MORTALITY; ENGLAND; DEATHS; WALES; ADMISSIONS;
D O I
10.1136/bmj.e8050
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objective To quantify the association between exposure to higher temperatures and the risk of myocardial infarction at an hourly temporal resolution. Design Case-crossover study. Setting England and Wales Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) database. Participants 24 861 hospital admissions for myocardial infarction occurring in 11 conurbations during the warmest months (June to August) of the years 2003-09. Main outcome measure Odds ratio of myocardial infarction for a 1 degrees C increase in temperature. Results Strong evidence was found for an effect of heat acting 1-6 hours after exposure to temperatures above an estimated threshold of 20 degrees C (95% confidence interval 16 degrees C to 25 degrees C). For each 1 C increase in temperature above this threshold, the risk of myocardial infarction increased by 1.9% (0.5% to 3.3%, P=0.009). Later reductions in risk seemed to offset early increases in risk: the cumulative effect of a 1 degrees C rise in temperature above the threshold was 0.2% (-2.1% to 2.5%) by the end of the third day after exposure. Conclusions Higher ambient temperatures above a threshold of 20 degrees C seem to be associated with a transiently increased risk of myocardial infarction 1-6 hours after exposure. Reductions in risk at longer lags are consistent with heat triggering myocardial infarctions early in highly vulnerable people who would otherwise have had a myocardial infarction some time later ("short term displacement"). Policies aimed at reducing the health effects of hot weather should include consideration of effects operating at sub-daily timescales.
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