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Article: Circulating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: A time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong

TitleCirculating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: A time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong
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Issue Date2011
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://jid.oxfordjournals.org
Citation
Journal Of Infectious Diseases, 2011, v. 203 n. 12, p. 1710-1718 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground. Previous studies identifying associations between influenza and acute cardiac events may have been confounded by climatic factors. Differing seasonal patterns of influenza activity in Hong Kong and England and Wales provide a natural experiment to examine associations with myocardial infarction (MI) independent of cold weather effects. Methods. Weekly clinical and laboratory influenza surveillance data, environmental temperature and humidity data, and counts of MI-associated hospitalizations and deaths were obtained for England and Wales and for Hong Kong for the period 1998-2008. We used Poisson regression models that included environmental and seasonal variables to investigate the relationship between influenza and MI. Results. There were ≥ 1.2 million MI-associated hospitalizations and 410,204 MI-associated deaths in England and Wales, with a marked peak in the winter season. In Hong Kong, the incidence of MI, on the basis of 65,108 hospitalizations and 18,780 deaths, had a large winter and smaller summer peak, mirroring patterns of influenza activity. There was strong evidence for a link between influenza and MI both in England and Wales, where 3.1%-3.4% of MI-associated deaths (P < .001) and 0.7%-1.2% of MI-associated hospitalizations (P < .001) were attributable to influenza, and in Hong Kong, where the corresponding figures were 3.9%-5.6% (P = .018) and 3.0%-3.3% (P = .002). Conclusions. Influenza was associated with an increase in MI-associated deaths and hospitalizations in 2 contrasting settings. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/139852
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.387
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Harvard Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics from the US National Institutes of Health1 U54 GM088558
Hong Kong University Grants CommitteeAoE/M-12/06
MRC
Wellcome Trust
Camden Primary Care Trust
MedImmune
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This work was supported in part by the Harvard Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics from the US National Institutes of Health models of Infectious Disease Agent Study program (grant 1 U54 GM088558) and the Area of Excellence Scheme of the Hong Kong University Grants Committee (grant AoE/M-12/06). C. W. G. is supported by an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship. L. S. holds a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellowship. A. H. is funded by Camden Primary Care Trust.

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dc.contributor.authorWarrenGash, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorBhaskaran, Ken_HK
dc.contributor.authorHayward, Aen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, GMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLo, SVen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Jen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPebody, Ren_HK
dc.contributor.authorSmeeth, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorCowling, BJen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-23T05:58:29Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-23T05:58:29Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Infectious Diseases, 2011, v. 203 n. 12, p. 1710-1718en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0022-1899en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/139852-
dc.description.abstractBackground. Previous studies identifying associations between influenza and acute cardiac events may have been confounded by climatic factors. Differing seasonal patterns of influenza activity in Hong Kong and England and Wales provide a natural experiment to examine associations with myocardial infarction (MI) independent of cold weather effects. Methods. Weekly clinical and laboratory influenza surveillance data, environmental temperature and humidity data, and counts of MI-associated hospitalizations and deaths were obtained for England and Wales and for Hong Kong for the period 1998-2008. We used Poisson regression models that included environmental and seasonal variables to investigate the relationship between influenza and MI. Results. There were ≥ 1.2 million MI-associated hospitalizations and 410,204 MI-associated deaths in England and Wales, with a marked peak in the winter season. In Hong Kong, the incidence of MI, on the basis of 65,108 hospitalizations and 18,780 deaths, had a large winter and smaller summer peak, mirroring patterns of influenza activity. There was strong evidence for a link between influenza and MI both in England and Wales, where 3.1%-3.4% of MI-associated deaths (P < .001) and 0.7%-1.2% of MI-associated hospitalizations (P < .001) were attributable to influenza, and in Hong Kong, where the corresponding figures were 3.9%-5.6% (P = .018) and 3.0%-3.3% (P = .002). Conclusions. Influenza was associated with an increase in MI-associated deaths and hospitalizations in 2 contrasting settings. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://jid.oxfordjournals.orgen_HK
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dc.subject.meshClimate-
dc.subject.meshInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype-
dc.subject.meshInfluenza, Human - complications-
dc.subject.meshMyocardial Infarction - complications - epidemiology - mortality-
dc.subject.meshPoisson Distribution-
dc.titleCirculating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: A time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kongen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.relation.projectControl of Pandemic and Inter-pandemic Influenza-
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