Impact of climate conditions on hospital admissions for subcategories of cardiovascular diseases

• Authors: Sanja Bijelović , Nataša Dragić , Milorad Bijelović , Mila Kovačević , Marija Jevtić , Olivera Ninkovic Mrđenovački

Abstracts

EN

Background The aim of this study has been to examine the association between climate conditions (CC) and hospital admissions for the subcategories of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), according to patients’ age. Material and Methods From January 2010 through December 2011, the daily number of hospital admissions for angina pectoris (AP), essential hypertension (EH), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischemic heart diseases (IHD) for adults (19–64 years old) and the elderly (≥ 65 years old), as well as for the CC (N = 728 days) was collected for multivariate Poisson regression analysis, confounding with season and weekends. The results were expressed by using the relative risk with the corresponding 95% confidence interval. Results The risk for the AMI among the adults and the elderly is significantly higher for 41.8% and 38.9%, respectively on the days with lower ambient temperature and lesser for 32.7% and 29.8%, respectively on the days with lower air pressure values. The risk for the IHD among the elderly is significantly higher on the days with lower ambient temperature and lower relative humidity for 50.6% and 37.4%, respectively. Conclusions Our findings explain how the CC and subcategories of CVD are associated, which could be used for adequate public awareness of the risk for hospitalization due to climate conditions. Med Pr 2017;68(2):189–197

Keywords

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risk; hospitalization; public health; association; climate; heart diseases

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: Medycyna Pracy
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 189-197

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Sanja Bijelović

• University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Faculty of Medicine)
• Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Center for Hygiene and Human Ecology)

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Nataša Dragić

• University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Faculty of Medicine)
• Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Center for Hygiene and Human Ecology)

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Milorad Bijelović

• University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Faculty of Medicine)
• The Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Republic of Serbia (Thoracic Surgery Clinic)

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Mila Kovačević

• University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Faculty of Medicine)
• Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Republic of Serbia (Clinic of Cardiology)

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Marija Jevtić

• University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Faculty of Medicine)
• Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia (Center for Hygiene and Human Ecology)

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Olivera Ninkovic Mrđenovački

• Institute of Public Health Sabac, Sabac, Republic of Serbia (Center for Health Promotion, Analysis, Planning and Organization of Health Services, Informatics and Biostatistics in Health Care)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/mp.5893.00606

Biblioteka Nauki

2164116