2025
Short‐Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study
Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Wei J, Dubrow R, Chaudhry S, Spatz E, Krumholz H, Chen K. Short‐Term Associations Between Ambient Ozone and Acute Myocardial Infarction Onset Among Younger Patients: Results From the VIRGO Study. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2024gh001234. PMID: 39968338, PMCID: PMC11833228, DOI: 10.1029/2024gh001234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarction subtypeShort-term associationsAcute myocardial infarctionAcute myocardial infarction onsetAMI riskEffect modificationAssociated with increased AMI riskParticipant's home addressNon-Hispanic blacksNon-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionNon-Hispanic whitesCase-crossover designType 1 AMIConditional logistic regressionIncreased AMI riskMyocardial infarction onsetType 2 AMIAcute myocardial infarction patientsST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionLifestyle factorsSociodemographic statusHome addressUS hospitalsStratified analysisSpatiotemporal deep learning approach
2024
Short-term effects of temperature and air pollution on mortality in Norway: a nationwide cohort-based study
Rao S, Zhang S, Ahimbisibwe A, Bekkevold T, Di Ruscio F, Palomares A, Frohn L, Geels C, Fernández L, Schneider A. Short-term effects of temperature and air pollution on mortality in Norway: a nationwide cohort-based study. Frontiers In Environmental Health 2024, 3: 1419261. DOI: 10.3389/fenvh.2024.1419261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNatural-cause mortalityCause-specific mortalityPotential effect modificationLevels of air pollutionAir pollutionEffect modificationCardiovascular mortalityIncreased risk of respiratory mortalityIncreased riskRisk of respiratory mortalityConditional logistic regression modelsConcentrations of fine particulate matterHistory of cardiovascular diseaseElevated air pollution levelsCase-crossover studyRisk of cardiovascular mortalityRegression modelsIncreased risk of cardiovascular mortalityShort-term associationsFine particulate matterAir pollutant concentrationsCohort-based studyAir pollution levelsSubgroup of participantsLogistic regression modelsShort-term association between ambient ozone and onset of acute myocardial infarction of young patients: Results from the VIRGO study
Zhang S, Chu L, Lu Y, Krumholz H, Chen K. Short-term association between ambient ozone and onset of acute myocardial infarction of young patients: Results from the VIRGO study. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2024, 2024 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation between air temperature and self-perceived health status in Southern Germany: Results from KORA FIT study
Sohail H, Zhang S, Kraus U, Mikkonen S, Breitner S, Wolf K, Nikolaou N, Peters A, Lanki T, Schneider A. Association between air temperature and self-perceived health status in Southern Germany: Results from KORA FIT study. International Journal Of Hygiene And Environmental Health 2024, 262: 114431. PMID: 39096579, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-perceived health statusCompare self-rated healthSelf-rated healthHealth-related quality of lifeHealth statusDistributed lag non-linear modelCooperative Health ResearchHealth-related qualityEQ-5D-5L dimensionsEuroQol visual analog scaleShort-term associationsCross-sectional analysisQuality of lifeFitness studiesAugsburg regionParticipants' homesPopulation-level studiesHealth careHealth researchVisual analog scaleAssociation of heatEQ-VASHealth measuresHealthAnalog scale
2023
Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe
Zhang S, Breitner S, Rai M, Nikolaou N, Stafoggia M, De' Donato F, Samoli E, Zafeiratou S, Katsouyanni K, Rao S, Palomares A, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Assessment of short-term heat effects on cardiovascular mortality and vulnerability factors using small area data in Europe. Environment International 2023, 179: 108154. PMID: 37603993, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular disease mortalityCardiovascular disease deathsRelative riskCardiovascular diseaseRandom-effects meta-analysisSmall area levelPooled relative riskShort-term associationsQuasi-Poisson regressionArea-specific estimatesLevels of fine particulate matterSmall area dataRural settingsIdentifying individual-Vulnerability factorsMeta-regressionCardiovascular mortalityRural areasDegree of urbanizationMeta-analysisFine particulate matterSubgroup analysisEuropean countriesIndividual-Potential vulnerability factors
2022
Higher Daily Air Temperature Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: KORA F3 and KORA F4
Ni W, Wolf K, Breitner S, Zhang S, Nikolaou N, Ward-Caviness C, Waldenberger M, Gieger C, Peters A, Schneider A. Higher Daily Air Temperature Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: KORA F3 and KORA F4. Environmental Science And Technology 2022, 56: 17815-17824. PMID: 36442845, PMCID: PMC9775210, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeukocyte telomere lengthAssociated with shorter leukocyte telomere lengthShorter leukocyte telomere lengthKORA F3Cohort studyParticipant's residential addressMeta-analysisShort-term effectsPopulation-based studyPopulation-based settingInterquartile rangeShort-term associationsResidential addressesKORA F4Telomere lengthAge-related morbidityAdult populationPCR-based methodsEffects of air temperatureKORADaily air temperatureQuantitative PCR-based methodCohortParticipantsGeneralized additive model
2021
Effect modification of omega-3 fatty acids on short-term associations between ambient air temperature and heart rate variability
Schneider A, Zhang S, Breitner S, Samet J, Chen H, Rappold A, Cascio W, Diaz Sanchez D, Devlin R, Tong H. Effect modification of omega-3 fatty acids on short-term associations between ambient air temperature and heart rate variability. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021, 2021 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2021.o-lt-022.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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