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. 2020 Apr 14;141(15):1271-1273.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.044860. Epub 2020 Mar 30.

Cardiovascular Mortality and Exposure to Heat in an Inherently Hot Region: Implications for Climate Change

Barrak Alahmad  1   2 , Haitham Khraishah  3   4 , Ahmed F Shakarchi  5 , Mazen Albaghdadi  3 , Sanjay Rajagopalan  6 , Petros Koutrakis  1 , Farouc A Jaffer  3
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Cardiovascular Mortality and Exposure to Heat in an Inherently Hot Region: Implications for Climate Change

Barrak Alahmad et al. Circulation. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Kuwait; Middle East; cardiovascular diseases; climate change; environmental epidemiology; mortality rate; temperature.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures

Dr. Alahmad has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Khraishah has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Shakarchi has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Albaghdadi has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Rajagopalan has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Koutrakis has no conflict of interest to disclose.

Dr. Jaffer has received sponsored research grants from Canon and Siemens; he is a consultant for Boston Scientific, Abbott Vascular, Siemens, Philips, Acrostak, Equity interest, and Intravascular Imaging Incorporated. Massachusetts General Hospital has a patent Licensing arrangement with Canon, and Dr. Jaffer has the right to receive royalties.

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Figure:
3D plot of adjusted temperature-mortality relationship at specific time lags from distributed lag non-linear models (dlnm). The z-axis shows the relative risk of CVD mortality with respect to the MMT (34.7°C; 94.5°F) and the other axes represent 24-hour average temperature (°C) and lag period (days). The 3D plot only shows the general pattern of the relationship without the confidence intervals around the estimates. (B) 2D plot of adjusted temperature-mortality relationship for a cumulative distributive lag of 30 days with 95% confidence intervals.
Figure:
Figure:
3D plot of adjusted temperature-mortality relationship at specific time lags from distributed lag non-linear models (dlnm). The z-axis shows the relative risk of CVD mortality with respect to the MMT (34.7°C; 94.5°F) and the other axes represent 24-hour average temperature (°C) and lag period (days). The 3D plot only shows the general pattern of the relationship without the confidence intervals around the estimates. (B) 2D plot of adjusted temperature-mortality relationship for a cumulative distributive lag of 30 days with 95% confidence intervals.
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