Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality
This study explored multiplex, country-level connections between a wide range of cardiac risk factors and associated mortality within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. The grey relational analysis (GRA) methodology is used to evaluate data from 2001 to 2018 to c...
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| description | This study explored multiplex, country-level connections between a wide range of cardiac risk factors and associated mortality within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. The grey relational analysis (GRA) methodology is used to evaluate data from 2001 to 2018 to compute scores and rank countries based on cardiac mortality. Subsequently, we used the conservative (Min-Max) technique to determine which South Asian country contributes the most to cardiac mortality. The Hurwicz criterion is further applied for optimization by highlighting the risk factors with the highest impact on cardiac mortality. Empirical findings revealed that India and Nepal are the leading drivers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among all SAARC nations based on the results of the GRA methodology. Moreover, the outcomes based on the Hurwicz criterion and the conservative criterion indicated that CVD mortality is considerably impacted by household air pollution from the combustion of solid fuel, with India as a potential contributor in the SAARC region. The outcomes of this research may enable international organizations and public health policymakers to make better decisions and investments within the SAARC region to minimize the burden of CVD while also strengthening environmentally sustainable healthcare practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42b988d6cc4f45aca0774cbe88e597752022-12-22T03:25:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.995987995987Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortalityErum Rehman0Erum Rehman1Erum Rehman2Shazia Rehman3Department of Mathematics, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, KazakhstanSchool of Economics, Shandong University of Science and Economics, Jinan, ChinaGroup of Energy, Economy and Systems Dynamics, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, SpainDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, PakistanThis study explored multiplex, country-level connections between a wide range of cardiac risk factors and associated mortality within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. The grey relational analysis (GRA) methodology is used to evaluate data from 2001 to 2018 to compute scores and rank countries based on cardiac mortality. Subsequently, we used the conservative (Min-Max) technique to determine which South Asian country contributes the most to cardiac mortality. The Hurwicz criterion is further applied for optimization by highlighting the risk factors with the highest impact on cardiac mortality. Empirical findings revealed that India and Nepal are the leading drivers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among all SAARC nations based on the results of the GRA methodology. Moreover, the outcomes based on the Hurwicz criterion and the conservative criterion indicated that CVD mortality is considerably impacted by household air pollution from the combustion of solid fuel, with India as a potential contributor in the SAARC region. The outcomes of this research may enable international organizations and public health policymakers to make better decisions and investments within the SAARC region to minimize the burden of CVD while also strengthening environmentally sustainable healthcare practices.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.995987/fullCVDmortalitygrey relational analysisSAARCrisk factorshousehold air pollution |
| spellingShingle | Erum Rehman Erum Rehman Erum Rehman Shazia Rehman Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality Frontiers in Public Health CVD mortality grey relational analysis SAARC risk factors household air pollution |
| title | Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| title_full | Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| title_fullStr | Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| title_short | Particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors: Which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| title_sort | particulate air pollution and metabolic risk factors which are more prone to cardiac mortality |
| topic | CVD mortality grey relational analysis SAARC risk factors household air pollution |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.995987/full |
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