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With the rapidly changing climate, assessing the global trends of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) attributed to high and low temperatures in different climate zones and under varying socio-demographic levels is crucial for regulations, preparation, intervention, and clinical practice for CVD. Our study included 204 countries with global CVD data ranging from 1990 to 2019. We obtained the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR); disability-adjusted life rate of CVD attributed to high, low, and non-optimal temperatures; and socio-demographic index (SDI) data from the Global Health Data Exchange. We also downloaded the temperature data from the Climatic Research Unit. These 204 countries were divided into five climate zones and five SDI levels according to the annual average temperature data and SDI in 2019. The temporal trends of CVD burden attributed to high, low, and non-optimal temperatures were estimated by using the cubic regression spline and the generalized additive mixed model (GAMM). The total burden of temperature-related CVD has been declining in the last 30 years. However, the burden of CVD attributed to high temperature showed an increasing trend. Among different climate regions, the ASMRs of CVD attributed to high temperature were the highest in the tropical regions, followed by subtropical regions, and the lowest in the boreal regions. In the past 30 years, the burden of CVD attributed to high temperatures has shown a significant increasing trend, while declining trends are observed for non-optimal and low temperatures. The CVD burden attributed to high temperatures is particularly pronounced in warmer and low-SDI regions with an increasing trend of CVD burden due to high temperature.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (4187050043); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Lanzhou University, China (lzujbky-2021-ey07); and Gansu Province Young Doctoral Fund Project (2021QB-005).
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Ce Liu: Methodology, software, data curation, visualization, writing—original draft preparation. Bin Luo: Conceptualization, supervision, methodology, writing—original draft preparation. Bo Wang: Methodology, software, data curation. Li He: Investigation. Kai Zhang: Conceptualization, methodology, writing—reviewing and editing. Huanmei Wu and Lifang Hou: Formal analysis, writing—reviewing and editing.
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Liu, C., Luo, B., Wang, B. et al. Global spatiotemporal trends of cardiovascular diseases due to temperature in different climates and socio-demographic index regions from 1990 to 2019. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 3282–3292 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22407-z
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