title: Short-term effects of atmospheric temperature and humidity on morbidity from acute coronary syndromes in free of air pollution rural Greece.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An evaluation of the effect of ambient temperature on morbidity from acute coronary syndromes (ACS) while avoiding confounding by air pollution.
  
  
  METHODS
  An ecological study in rural Greece.
  
  
  METHODS
  Daily admissions to hospital because of ACS were recorded for 1 year and analysed versus daily temperature and humidity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For a 1 degrees C decrease in temperature there was a 1.6% (95% confidence interval 0.9-2.2%) increase in admissions. This effect was more prominent in the elderly. No difference was detected according to sex or type of ACS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to implement measures against cold in coronary heart disease prevention, irrespective of air pollution.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. mmisailid@med.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misailidou
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pitsavos
authors.forename: Demosthenes B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Panagiotakos
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chrysohoou
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013696:Temperature