SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Short-Term Effect of Ambient Temperature and the Risk of Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 162 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association of humidity and precipitation with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in allergy · 2024Pooled it
- Association between ambient temperature and risk of stroke morbidity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2023Pooled it
- Heatwave Definition and Impact on Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review.Public health reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Association between ambient temperature and stroke risk in high-risk populations: a systematic review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Knowledge Gaps and Research Priorities on the Health Effects of Heatwaves: A Systematic Review of Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of the effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on the risk of mumps.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Estimation of Relative Risk of Mortality and Economic Burden Attributable to High Temperature in Wuhan, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Geospatial indicators of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to assess neighbourhood variation in vulnerability to climate change-related health hazards.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Pooled it
- Temperature drop and the risk of asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Pooled it
- Revealing the association between cerebrovascular accidents and ambient temperature: a meta-analysis.International journal of biometeorology · 2017Pooled it
- Ambient Temperature and Stroke Occurrence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
- Non optimal temperatures and chronic cardiovascular diseases.Seminars in immunopathology · 2026Review
- Temperature variability and mortality risk: distinguishing intraday and interday effects and quantifying the attributable mortality burden in Chengdu, Southwest China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The silent risk: cardiometabolic burden and etiology of young stroke in a South Asian migrant cohort, United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Influence of Daily Meteorological Changes on Stroke Incidence Across the United States.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Association between wet-bulb globe temperature and epilepsy: a space-time-stratified case-crossover study in Taiwan.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Association of cold weather and influenza infection with stroke: a 22-year time-series analysis.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Article
- Machine learning-based forecasting of daily acute ischemic stroke admissions using weather data.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Interactive Effect of Air Temperature and Fine Particulate Matter on the Hospital Admissions for Stroke in Shenzhen, China.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Study on the relationship among typhoon, weather change and acute ischemic stroke in southern Zhejiang Province of China.BMC neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
background and purposeThe relationship between stroke and short-term temperature changes remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between stroke and both high and low temperatures, and health assessment.
methodsWe searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang Data up to 14 September 2014. Study selection, quality assessment, and author-contractions were steps before data extraction. We converted all estimates effects into relative risk (RR) per 1 °C increase/decrease in temperature from 75th to 99th or 25th to 1st percentiles, then conducted meta-analyses to combine the ultimate RRs, and assessed health impact among the population.
results20 articles were included in the final analysis. The overall analysis showed a positive relationship between 1 °C change and the occurrence of major adverse cerebrovascular events (MACBE), 1.1% (95% confidence intervals (CI), 0.6 to 1.7) and 1.2% (95% CI, 0.8 to 1.6) increase for hot and cold effects separately. The same trends can be found in both effects of mortality and the cold effect for morbidity. Hot temperature acted as a protective factor of hemorrhage stroke (HS), -1.9% (95% CI, -2.8 to -0.9), however, it acted as a risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS), 1.2% (95% CI, 0.7 to 1.8).
conclusionShort-term changes of both low and high temperature had statistically significant impacts on MACBE.
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