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 effects of ambient temperature variability on myocardial infarction hospitalizations in Sweden: A nationwide case-crossover study
Ni W, Stafoggia M, Zhang S, Ljungman P, Breitner S, Bont J, Jernberg T, Atar D, Schneider A, Agewall S. Short-term effects of ambient temperature variability on myocardial infarction hospitalizations in Sweden: A nationwide case-crossover study. European Heart Journal 2024, 45: ehae666.3605. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.3605.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionCase-crossover studyST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionMI hospitalizationHome addressSWEDEHEART registryShort-term effectsElevation myocardial infarctionTemperature variabilityConditional logistic regression modelsPopulation-based nationwide studyAssessed potential effect modificationPatient's home addressMyocardial infarction hospitalizationsPotential effect modificationMyocardial infarctionEffects of temperature variabilityCase-crossover designAssociated with decreased riskSeven-day averageAssociated with increased riskNationwide SWEDEHEART registryLogistic regression modelsClimate changeEffect modificationEffect modification of air pollution on the association between heat and mortality in five European countries
Zhang S, Breitner S, Stafoggia M, Donato F, Samoli E, Zafeiratou S, Katsouyanni K, Rao S, Diz-Lois Palomares A, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Nikolaou N, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Effect modification of air pollution on the association between heat and mortality in five European countries. Environmental Research 2024, 263: 120023. PMID: 39293751, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh PM levelsEffect modificationAir pollutionHeat-related mortalityEffect modification of air pollutantsPM levelsRural dataHighest O<sub>3</sub> level waDaily non-accidental deathsPotential effect modificationMixed-effects meta-regressionRandom-effects meta-analysisAttica region of GreecePoisson regression modelsHeat-mortality associationsAir pollutant concentrationsAir pollution levelsImprove air qualityTime-series studyHeat-related mortality riskHeat-related health impactsNon-accidental deathsSmall area dataTemperature-mortality relationshipPollutant concentrations
2023
Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe
Zafeiratou S, Samoli E, Analitis A, Gasparrini A, Stafoggia M, Donato F, Rao S, Zhang S, Breitner S, Masselot P, Aunan K, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, team O. Assessing heat effects on respiratory mortality and location characteristics as modifiers of heat effects at a small area scale in Central-Northern Europe. Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 7: e269. PMID: 37840857, PMCID: PMC10569755, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea-level factorsRespiratory mortalityEffect modificationArea-level characteristicsMultilevel random effects modelsRandom-effects meta-analysisTemperature-mortality associationsSex-specific modelsTime-series studyRandom-effects modelPoisson regressionSmall-area scaleCity-wide dataNational levelVulnerable subgroupsMortality countsMeta-analysisNon-urban areasMortalityDevelopment of targeted policiesWalesEnglandCentral‐northern EuropeNorwayAssociationHeat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries
Rai M, Stafoggia M, de'Donato F, Scortichini M, Zafeiratou S, Vazquez Fernandez L, Zhang S, Katsouyanni K, Samoli E, Rao S, Lavigne E, Guo Y, Kan H, Osorio S, Kyselý J, Urban A, Orru H, Maasikmets M, Jaakkola J, Ryti N, Pascal M, Hashizume M, Fook Sheng Ng C, Alahmad B, Hurtado Diaz M, De la Cruz Valencia C, Nunes B, Madureira J, Scovronick N, Garland R, Kim H, Lee W, Tobias A, Íñiguez C, Forsberg B, Åström C, Maria Vicedo-Cabrera A, Ragettli M, Leon Guo Y, Pan S, Li S, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Masselot P, Schwartz J, Zanobetti A, Bell M, Schneider A, Breitner S. Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries. Environment International 2023, 174: 107825. PMID: 36934570, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAir pollutionRespiratory mortalityWHO air quality guidelinesElevated levels of air pollutionLevels of air pollutionAir quality guidelinesAmbient air pollutionLevel of pollutionCause-specific mortalityCardiovascular mortalityQuality guidelinesDaily death countsPollutant concentrationsCardiorespiratory mortalityPotential interactive effectsPollutionMitigation measuresPromote sustainable developmentMeta-analytic modelEffect modificationInteractive effects of heatSummer temperaturesSummer monthsExposure dataDeath counts
2022
Short-term heat effects and effect modification by ambient air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality across 148 cities from 13 European countries – Results of the EXHAUSTION project
Rai M, Stafoggia M, De'Donato F, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Samoli E, Zafeiratou S, Katsouyanni K, Rao S, Vazquez Fernandez L, Zhang S, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A, Breitner S. Short-term heat effects and effect modification by ambient air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality across 148 cities from 13 European countries – Results of the EXHAUSTION project. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2022.o-sy-053.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 ResearchA systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature
Zafeiratou S, Samoli E, Dimakopoulou K, Rodopoulou S, Analitis A, Gasparrini A, Stafoggia M, De' Donato F, Rao S, Monteiro A, Rai M, Zhang S, Breitner S, Aunan K, Schneider A, Katsouyanni K, team E. A systematic review on the association between total and cardiopulmonary mortality/morbidity or cardiovascular risk factors with long-term exposure to increased or decreased ambient temperature. The Science Of The Total Environment 2021, 772: 145383. PMID: 33578152, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth outcomesRisk of biasCardiovascular risk factorsSystematic reviewCrude exposure assessmentShort-term mortality displacementDiverse health outcomesAssociation of long-termRisk factorsHigher obesityEffect modificationInadequate adjustmentCardiopulmonary mortalityWorld Health OrganizationEffect modifiersOutcome prevalenceMortality displacementAnnual temperature indicesLong-term exposureAir pollutionCardiovascular mortalityHealthHealth OrganizationHealth effectsRespiratory outcomes
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