Cardiovascular disease burden attributable to non-optimal temperature

analysis of the 1990–2019 global burden of disease

Al-Kindi, Sadeer
Motairek, Issam
Khraishah, Haitham
Rajagopalan, Sanjay

Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, 11100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, 11100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals, 11100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA

Corresponding author. Tel: +216-844-1000, Fax: 216-844-8954, Email: [email protected] (S. G. A-K.); Tel: +1 216-844-5191, Fax: 216-844-8318, Email: [email protected] (S. R.)

Sadeer Al-Kindi and Issam Motairek contributed equally to the study.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Received March 07, 2023

Received in revised form April 19, 2023

Accepted April 20, 2023

Revised May 05, 2023

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European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 30(15):p 1623-1631, October 2023. | DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwad130

Lay Summary

The paper discusses the relationship between non-optimal temperature and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and presents the first-to-date quantification of the global temperature-related CVD burden. Key findings include:

Non-optimal temperatures were responsible for a significant proportion of global cardiovascular deaths between 1990 and 2019.
People in lower socioeconomic regions were more vulnerable to the effects of non-optimal temperature on CVD than those in higher socioeconomic regions.