The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most prominent pattern of atmospheric variability over the middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, especially during the cold season. It is found that “weather types” are associated with human health. It is possible that variations in NAO ind...
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ftlitinstagrecon:oai:elaba:32665788 2023-05-15T17:29:20+02:00 The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure Venclovienė, Jonė Brazienė, Agnė Žaltauskaitė, Jūratė Dobožinskas, Paulius 2018 application/pdf http://vdu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/32665788.pdf http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB32665788&prefLang=en_US eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/atmos9080294 http://vdu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/32665788.pdf http://vdu.lvb.lt/VDU:ELABAPDB32665788&prefLang=en_US info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atmosphere, Basel : MDPI, 2018, Vol. 9, iss. 8, 294, p. 1-15 ISSN 2073-4433 eISSN 2073-4433 North Atlantic Oscillation Blood pressure Emergency ambulance calls Exacerbation of essential hypertension info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftlitinstagrecon https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9080294 2021-12-02T01:07:27Z The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most prominent pattern of atmospheric variability over the middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, especially during the cold season. It is found that “weather types” are associated with human health. It is possible that variations in NAO indices (NAOI) had additional impact on human health. We investigated the association between daily emergency ambulance calls (EACs) for exacerbation of essential hypertension and the NAOI by using Poisson regression, adjusting for season, weather variables and exposure to CO, particulate matter and ozone. An increased risk of EACs was associated with NAOI < −0.5 (Rate Ratio (RR) = 1.07, p = 0.013) and NAOI > 0.5 (RR = 1.06, p = 0.004) with a lag of 2 days as compared to −0.5 ≤ NAOI ≤ 0.5. The impact of NAOI > 0.5 was stronger during November-March (RR = 1.10, lag = 0, p = 0.026). No significant associations were found between the NAOI and EACs during 8:00–13:59. An elevated risk was associated during 14:00–21:59 with NAOI < −0.5 (RR = 1.09, p = 0.003) and NAOI > 0.5 (RR = 1.09, p = 0.019) and during 22:00–7:59 with NAOI < −0.5 (RR = 1.12, lag = 1, p = 0.001). The non-linear associations were found between the NAO and EACs. The different impact of the NAO was found during the periods November–March and April–October. The impact of the NAOI was not identical for different times of the day. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation LAEI VL (Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics Virtual Library) Atmosphere 9 8 294 |
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The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most prominent pattern of atmospheric variability over the middle and high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, especially during the cold season. It is found that “weather types” are associated with human health. It is possible that variations in NAO indices (NAOI) had additional impact on human health. We investigated the association between daily emergency ambulance calls (EACs) for exacerbation of essential hypertension and the NAOI by using Poisson regression, adjusting for season, weather variables and exposure to CO, particulate matter and ozone. An increased risk of EACs was associated with NAOI < −0.5 (Rate Ratio (RR) = 1.07, p = 0.013) and NAOI > 0.5 (RR = 1.06, p = 0.004) with a lag of 2 days as compared to −0.5 ≤ NAOI ≤ 0.5. The impact of NAOI > 0.5 was stronger during November-March (RR = 1.10, lag = 0, p = 0.026). No significant associations were found between the NAOI and EACs during 8:00–13:59. An elevated risk was associated during 14:00–21:59 with NAOI < −0.5 (RR = 1.09, p = 0.003) and NAOI > 0.5 (RR = 1.09, p = 0.019) and during 22:00–7:59 with NAOI < −0.5 (RR = 1.12, lag = 1, p = 0.001). The non-linear associations were found between the NAO and EACs. The different impact of the NAO was found during the periods November–March and April–October. The impact of the NAOI was not identical for different times of the day. |
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Venclovienė, Jonė Brazienė, Agnė Žaltauskaitė, Jūratė Dobožinskas, Paulius |
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Venclovienė, Jonė Brazienė, Agnė Žaltauskaitė, Jūratė Dobožinskas, Paulius |
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The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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influence of the north atlantic oscillation index on emergency ambulance calls for elevated arterial blood pressure |
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North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation |
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Atmosphere, Basel : MDPI, 2018, Vol. 9, iss. 8, 294, p. 1-15 ISSN 2073-4433 eISSN 2073-4433 |
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