Daily Summer Temperatures and Hospitalization for Acute Cardiovascular Events: Impact of Outdoor PM2.5 Oxidative Potential on Observed Associations Across Canada
Weichenthal S, Lavigne E, You H, Pollitt K, Shin T, Kulka R, Stieb D, Hatzopoulou M, Evans G, Burnett R. Daily Summer Temperatures and Hospitalization for Acute Cardiovascular Events: Impact of Outdoor PM2.5 Oxidative Potential on Observed Associations Across Canada. Epidemiology 2023, 34: 897-905. PMID: 37732880, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschaemic heart disease eventsHeart disease eventsAcute cardiovascular eventsCardiovascular eventsDisease eventsOdds ratioPotential time-varying confoundersAcute cardiovascular effectsFine particulate air pollutionCase-crossover studyOutdoor fine particulate air pollutionHealth impactsCardiovascular health impactsParticulate air pollutionCardiovascular effectsHighest tertileTime-varying confoundersOlder subjectsHospitalizationObserved associationsOxidative stressOxidative potentialPM2.5 oxidative potentialMonthsAssociation