The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong

Both cold and hot temperatures are associated with adverse health outcomes. Less is known about the role of pre-existing medical conditions to confer individual's susceptibility to temperature extremes. We studied 66,820 subjects aged ≥65 who were enrolled and interviewed in all the 18 Elderly...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental research 2016-07, Vol.148, p.7-14
Hauptverfasser:	Sun, Shengzhi, Tian, Linwei, Qiu, Hong, Chan, King-Pan, Tsang, Hilda, Tang, Robert, Lee, Ruby Siu-yin, Thach, Thuan-Quoc, Wong, Chit-Ming
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Air Pollutants - analysis Asian Continental Ancestry Group Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Comorbidity Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Distributed lag nonlinear model Elders Environmental Monitoring Female Hong Kong - epidemiology Humans Male Medical condition Mortality Nested case-control study Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis Ozone - analysis Particulate Matter - analysis Prospective Studies Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology Temperature
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