Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease
The effects of charged solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere are often harmful and can be dangerous to the human organism. The aim of this study was to analyze the associations of geomagnetic storms (GSs) and other space weather events (solar proton events (SPEs), solar flares (SFs), hig...
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| author | Vidmantas Vaičiulis Jonė Venclovienė Abdonas Tamošiūnas Deivydas Kiznys Dalia Lukšienė Daina Krančiukaitė-Butylkinienė Ričardas Radišauskas |
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| description | The effects of charged solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere are often harmful and can be dangerous to the human organism. The aim of this study was to analyze the associations of geomagnetic storms (GSs) and other space weather events (solar proton events (SPEs), solar flares (SFs), high-speed solar wind (HSSW), interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and stream interaction regions (SIRs)) with morbidity from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and mortality from ischemic heart diseases (IHDs) during the period 2000–2015 in Kaunas (Lithuania). In 2000–2015, 12,330 AMI events (men/women <i>n</i> = 6942/5388) and 3742 deaths from IHD (men/women <i>n</i> = 2480/1262) were registered. The results showed that a higher risk of AMI and deaths from IHD were related to the period of 3 days before GS—a day after GS, and a stronger effect was observed during the spring–autumn period. The strongest effect of HSSW was observed on the day of the event. We found significant associations between the risk of AMI and death from IHD and the occurrence of SFs during GSs. We also found a statistically significant increase in rate ratios (RRs) for all AMIs and deaths from IHD between the second and fourth days of the period of ICMEs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f82443f5c2c4b6db2914ebf1cd2607a2023-12-11T18:37:10ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332021-02-0112330610.3390/atmos12030306Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart DiseaseVidmantas Vaičiulis0Jonė Venclovienė1Abdonas Tamošiūnas2Deivydas Kiznys3Dalia Lukšienė4Daina Krančiukaitė-Butylkinienė5Ričardas Radišauskas6Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, LT-44248 Kaunas, LithuaniaLaboratory of Population Studies, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50103 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, LT-44248 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, LithuaniaLaboratory of Population Studies, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-50103 Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-47181 Kaunas, LithuaniaThe effects of charged solar particles hitting the Earth’s magnetosphere are often harmful and can be dangerous to the human organism. The aim of this study was to analyze the associations of geomagnetic storms (GSs) and other space weather events (solar proton events (SPEs), solar flares (SFs), high-speed solar wind (HSSW), interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) and stream interaction regions (SIRs)) with morbidity from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and mortality from ischemic heart diseases (IHDs) during the period 2000–2015 in Kaunas (Lithuania). In 2000–2015, 12,330 AMI events (men/women <i>n</i> = 6942/5388) and 3742 deaths from IHD (men/women <i>n</i> = 2480/1262) were registered. The results showed that a higher risk of AMI and deaths from IHD were related to the period of 3 days before GS—a day after GS, and a stronger effect was observed during the spring–autumn period. The strongest effect of HSSW was observed on the day of the event. We found significant associations between the risk of AMI and death from IHD and the occurrence of SFs during GSs. We also found a statistically significant increase in rate ratios (RRs) for all AMIs and deaths from IHD between the second and fourth days of the period of ICMEs.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/3/306solar windgeomagnetic stormischemic heart diseasesolar flaressolar proton eventacute myocardial infarction |
| spellingShingle | Vidmantas Vaičiulis Jonė Venclovienė Abdonas Tamošiūnas Deivydas Kiznys Dalia Lukšienė Daina Krančiukaitė-Butylkinienė Ričardas Radišauskas Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease Atmosphere solar wind geomagnetic storm ischemic heart disease solar flares solar proton event acute myocardial infarction |
| title | Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease |
| title_full | Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease |
| title_fullStr | Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease |
| title_short | Associations between Space Weather Events and the Incidence of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease |
| title_sort | associations between space weather events and the incidence of acute myocardial infarction and deaths from ischemic heart disease |
| topic | solar wind geomagnetic storm ischemic heart disease solar flares solar proton event acute myocardial infarction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/3/306 |
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