Influence of Daily Individual Meteorological Parameters on the Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
Parameter | B | 95% Confidence Interval | Hypothesis Test | Exp(B) | 95% Confidence Interval for Exp(B) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Wald Chi-Square | Sig. | Lower | Upper | |||
(Intercept) | 5.9309 | 2.640 | 9.222 | 12.478 | 0.000 | 376.504 | 14.015 | 10,114.4 |
Average daily T (°C) | −0.0071 | −0.012 | −0.002 | 7.484 | 0.006 | 0.993 | 0.988 | 0.998 |
Average daily H (%) | −0.0031 | −0.006 | −0.001 | 5.854 | 0.016 | 0.997 | 0.994 | 0.999 |
Average daily P (mbar) | −0.0042 | −0.007 | −0.001 | 6.363 | 0.012 | 0.996 | 0.993 | 0.999 |
Season | 0.0222 | −0.062 | 0.106 | 0.268 | 0.605 | 1.022 | 0.940 | 1.112 |
Parameter | B | 95% Confidence Interval | Hypothesis Test | Exp(B) | 95% Confidence Interval for Exp(B) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Wald Chi-Square | Sig. | Lower | Upper | |||
(Intercept) | 7.7627 | 3.050 | 12.476 | 10.422 | 0.001 | 2351.29 | 21.112 | 261,867.6 |
Average daily T (°C) | −0.0050 | −0.012 | 0.002 | 1.770 | 0.183 | 0.995 | 0.988 | 1.002 |
Average daily H (%) | −0.0037 | −0.007 | 0.000 | 4.198 | 0.040 | 0.996 | 0.993 | 0.9998 |
Average daily P (mbar) | −0.0068 | −0.011 | −0.002 | 8.011 | 0.005 | 0.993 | 0.989 | 0.998 |
Season | −0.0027 | −0.123 | 0.118 | 0.002 | 0.965 | 0.997 | 0.884 | 1.125 |
Parameter | B | 95% Confidence Interval | Hypothesis Test | Exp(B) | 95% Confidence Interval for Exp(B) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Wald Chi-Square | Sig. | Lower | Upper | |||
(Intercept) | 2.8726 | −1.724 | 7.469 | 1.501 | 0.221 | 17.682 | 0.178 | 1752.3 |
Average daily T (°C) | −0.0091 | −0.016 | −0.002 | 6.311 | 0.012 | 0.991 | 0.984 | 0.998 |
Average daily H (%) | −0.0024 | −0.006 | 0.001 | 1.911 | 0.167 | 0.998 | 0.994 | 1.001 |
Average daily P (mbar) | −0.0018 | −0.006 | 0.003 | 0.607 | 0.436 | 0.998 | 0.994 | 1.003 |
Season | 0.0455 | −0.071 | 0.162 | 0.582 | 0.445 | 1.047 | 0.931 | 1.176 |
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Ravljen, M.; Bilban, M.; Kajfež-Bogataj, L.; Hovelja, T.; Vavpotič, D. Influence of Daily Individual Meteorological Parameters on the Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11, 11616-11626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111616
Ravljen M, Bilban M, Kajfež-Bogataj L, Hovelja T, Vavpotič D. Influence of Daily Individual Meteorological Parameters on the Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014; 11(11):11616-11626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111616
Chicago/Turabian StyleRavljen, Mirjam, Marjan Bilban, Lučka Kajfež-Bogataj, Tomaž Hovelja, and Damjan Vavpotič. 2014. "Influence of Daily Individual Meteorological Parameters on the Incidence of Acute Coronary Syndrome" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 11, no. 11: 11616-11626. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111111616