Outdoor temperatures and stroke
Jan 15, 2010 - by Staff
Xiao Yu Wang, Adrian G. Barnett, Wenbiao Hu, and Shilu Tong, Temperature variation and emergency hospital admissions for stroke in Brisbane, Australia, 1996-2005, International Journal of Biometeorology 53, 535-541
This study evaluated the association between temperature variation and emergency admissions for stroke in Brisbane, Australia, over a 10-year period. For people under age 65, the risk of primary intracerebral hemorrhage in summer rose significantly-15% and 12%, respectively-for 1°C (1.8°F) increases in daily high and low temperature, after controlling for potential confounding effects of humidity and air pollutants. The authors recommend that health authorities pay greater attention to possible increasing emergency care for strokes when temperature changes, in both summer and winter.
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY