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Heart Attack Risk Goes Up When the Average Temperature Outside Drops
They found that each 1 degree C reduction in temperature on a single day is associated with around 200 extra heart attacks.
Previous studies have shown that ambient outdoor temperature is linked to mortality risk in the short term, with both hot and cold days having an effect, but the effect of temperature on the risk of myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) is unclear.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine carried out a study to examine the short term relation between ambient temperature and risk of heart attack.
They analysed data on 84,010 hospital admissions for heart attack recorded in the Myocardial Ischaemia National Audit Project (MINAP) during 2003-2006, and daily temperatures from the British Atmospheric Data Centre, focusing on 15 geographical areas in England and Wales.
The results were adjusted to take into account factors such as air pollution, influenza activity, seasonality and long term trends.
The researchers found that a 1 degree C reduction in average daily temperature was associated with a cumulative 2 percent increase in risk of heart attack for 28 days. The highest risk was within two weeks of exposure.
The heightened risk may seem small, but the UK has an estimated 146,000 heart attacks a year and 11,600 events in a 29 day period, so even a small increase in risk translates to substantial numbers of extra heart attacks, around 200 for each 1 degree C reduction in temperature nationwide on a single day.
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