2024
Heat and Cardiovascular Mortality: An Epidemiological Perspective
Singh N, Areal A, Breitner S, Zhang S, Agewall S, Schikowski T, Schneider A. Heat and Cardiovascular Mortality: An Epidemiological Perspective. Circulation Research 2024, 134: 1098-1112. PMID: 38662866, PMCID: PMC11042530, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.323615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular disease mortalityCardiovascular disease deathsCVD deathHealth professionalsCardiovascular diseaseEpidemiological studiesAssociated with CVD mortalityMeta-analyses of epidemiological studiesEpidemiological evidenceCause-specific deathMiddle-income countriesAll-cause mortalityCVD mortalityLack of evidenceEnvironmental epidemiologyInteractive effects of heatOlder peoplePotential biological pathwaysVulnerable subgroupsSystematic reviewMeta-analysesRobust evidenceHealth effectsPreexisting conditionsHealth
2023
Heat-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
Interactive effects of heat and air pollution on mortality in Europe using small area data – Results of the exhaustion project
De Donato F, Stafoggia M, Breitner S, Rai M, Zhang S, Samoli E, Katsouyanni K, Zafeiratou S, Gasparrini A, Masselot P, Vazquez-Fernandez L, Diz-Lois Palomares A, Rao S, Aunan K, Schneider A. Interactive effects of heat and air pollution on mortality in Europe using small area data – Results of the exhaustion project. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2022.o-op-228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInteractive effects of heatAir pollution