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Prevalence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Changing Meteorological Conditions in Iran: Fuzzy Clustering Approach        
Yazarlar
Hamid Sharif Nia
 Özkan GÖRGÜLÜ Özkan GÖRGÜLÜ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Saeed Pahlevan Sharıf
Erika Sivarajan Froelıcher
Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Samad Golshanı
Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh
John Henry Noble
Roghieh Nazarı
Amir Hossein Goudarzıan
Farhad Arefınıa
Özet
Background: The prevalence of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) varies from region to region caused by seasonal climate changes and temperature variation. This study aimed to assess the relationship between changing meteorological conditions and incidence of AMI in Iran.
Methods: This retrospective prevalence study was based on medical records of the heart center of Mazandaran Province on all patients diagnosed with AMI in Mazandaran, northern Iran between 2013 and 2015. Patients' sex and the day, month, year and time of hospital admission were extracted from patients' records. Moreover, the meteorological reports were gathered.
Results: A statistically significant difference was found between the distributions of AMI cases across 12 months of the year (P < 0.01). Fuzzy clustering analysis using 16 different climatic variables showed that March, April, and May were in the same cluster together. The other 9 months were in different clusters.
Conclusion: Significant increase in AMI was seen in March, April and May (cold to hot weather).
Anahtar Kelimeler
Acute myocardial infarction | Meteorological parameters | Prevalence | Seasonal changes
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Dergi ISSN 2251-6085
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 05-2020
Cilt No 49
Sayı 5
Sayfalar 923 / 930
Doi Numarası 10.18502/ijph.v49i5.3210
Makale Linki https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7475622/