ArticleEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2017
Ambient Temperature and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in the United States.
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- The Effect of High and Low Ambient Temperature on Infant Health: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- A narrative review of sudden infant death syndrome: pathophysiology, risk factors, and prevention.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- The Influence of Heat on Pediatric and Perinatal Health: Risks, Evidence, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Temperature-related neonatal deaths attributable to climate change in 29 low- and middle-income countries.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Racial Disparities in Climate Change-Related Health Effects in the United States.Current environmental health reports · 2022Review
- Effect of Elevated Ambient Temperature on Maternal, Foetal, and Neonatal Outcomes: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- The position of geochemical variables as causal co-factors of diseases of unknown aetiology.SN applied sciences · 2022Review
- A Low-Cost, Easy-to-Assemble Device to Prevent Infant Hyperthermia under Conditions of High Thermal Stress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Maternal Age, the Disparity across Regions and Their Correlation to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Taiwan: A Nationwide Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association between ambient temperature, particulate air pollution and emergency room visits for conjunctivitis.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Global warming, heat-related illnesses, and the dermatologist.International journal of women's dermatology · 2021Review
- High Ambient Temperature and Infant Mortality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A Case-Crossover Study.American journal of public health · 2020Article
- Ambient Air Pollution and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Korea: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. While thermal stress is implicated in many risk factors for SIDS, the association between ambient temperature and SIDS remains unclear.
methodsWe obtained daily individual-level infant mortality data and outdoor temperature data from 1972 to 2006 for 210 US cities. We applied a time-stratified case-crossover analysis to determine the effect of ambient temperature on the risk of SIDS by season. We stratified the analysis by race, infant age, and climate.
resultsThere were a total of 60,364 SIDS cases during our study period. A 5.6°C (10°F) higher daily temperature on the same day was associated with an increased SIDS risk of 8.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.6%, 13.8%) in the summer, compared with a 3.1% decrease (95% CI = -5.0%, -1.3%) in the winter. Summer risks were greater among black infants (18.5%; 95% CI = 9.3%, 28.5%) than white infants (3.6%; 95% CI = -2.3%, 9.9%), and among infants 3-11 months old (16.9%; 95% CI = 8.9%, 25.5%) than infants 0-2 months old (2.7%; 95% CI = -3.5%, 9.2%). The temperature-SIDS association was stronger in climate clusters in the Midwest and surrounding northern regions.
conclusionsTemperature increases were associated with an elevated risk of SIDS in the summer, particularly among infants who were black, 3 months old and older, and living in the Midwest and surrounding northern regions.
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