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Saharan dust events in the dust belt -Canary Islands and the observed association with in-hospital mortality of patients with heart failure
Title: Saharan dust events in the dust belt -Canary Islands and the observed association with in-hospital mortality of patients with heart failure
Authors: Domínguez Rodríguez, AlbertoBaez Ferrer, NéstorRodríguez González, Sergio ORCID RESEARCHERID Autor AEMETAvanzas, PabloAbreu González, PedroTerradellas, EnricAutor AEMETCuevas Agulló, Emilio ORCID RESEARCHERID SCOPUSID Autor AEMETBasart, Sara ORCID Werner, ErnestAutor AEMET
Keywords: Saharan dust; In-hospital mortality; Heart failure; Dust belt
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Citation: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2020, 9(2), 376
Publisher version: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9020376
Abstract: Recent studies have found increases in the cardiovascular mortality rates during por air quality events due to outbreaks of desert dust. In Tenerife, we collected (2014–2017) data in 829 patients admitted with a heart failure diagnosis in the Emergency Department of the University Hospital of the Canaries. In this region, concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 are usually low (~20 and 10 _g/m3), but they increase to 360 and 115 _g/m3, respectively, during Saharan dust events. By using statistical tools (including multivariable logistic regressions), we compared in-hospital mortality of patients with heart failure and exposure to PM10 and PM2.5 during dust and no-dust events. We found that 86% of in-hospital heart failure mortality cases occurred during Saharan dust episodes that resulted in PM10 > 50 _g/m3 (interquartile range: 71–96 _g/m3). A multivariate analysis showed that, after adjusting for other covariates, exposure to Saharan dust events associated with PM10 > 50 _g/m3 was an independent predictor of heart failure in-hospital mortality (OR = 2.79, 95% CI (1.066–7.332), p = 0.03). In conclusion, this study demonstrates that exposure to high Saharan dust concentrations is independently associated with in-hospital mortality in patients with heart failure.
Sponsorship : This research was funded by Research State Agency of Spain and the European Regional Development Fund, grant number PGC2018-099166-B-I00” and “The APC was funded by Research State Agency of Spain and the European Regional Development Fund”.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/11690
ISSN: 2077-0383
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