2024
Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment
Zhang S, Breitner S, de' Donato F, Stafoggia M, Nikolaou N, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Heat and cause-specific cardiopulmonary mortality in Germany: a case-crossover study using small-area assessment. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2024, 46: 101049. PMID: 39290807, PMCID: PMC11406445, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase-crossover studyRelative riskImprove public health practiceConditional quasi-Poisson regressionAssociated with increased mortality riskPublic health practiceRandom-effects meta-analysisQuasi-Poisson regressionHeat-related health impactsDistrict-level characteristicsSmall area dataHealth practicesRespiratory mortalityAssociated with increased mortalityPotential individual-Cardiopulmonary mortalityMortality riskRespiratory deathsSub-causesVulnerability factorsMeta-regressionHealth impactsRural areasMeta-analysisSubgroup analysis
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
Temporal Variation in the Association between Temperature and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Mortality in 15 German cities
Rai M, Breitner S, Zhang S, de‘Donato F, Peters A, Schneider A. Temporal Variation in the Association between Temperature and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Mortality in 15 German cities. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2022.p-0569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRespiratory mortalityShort-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
Short-term effects of temperature on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and its modification by air pollution in German cities
Rai M, Breitner S, Zhang S, De‘donato F, Staffogia M, Scortichini M, Aunan K, Peters A, Schneider A. Short-term effects of temperature on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and its modification by air pollution in German cities. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2021, 2021 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2021.p-386.Peer-Reviewed Original Research