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Risk Factors for Myocardial Infarction Associated With the Chicago Snowstorm of Jan 13-15, 1979 FREE

Roger I. Glass, MD; Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD; Matthew M. Zack, MD; Marion Preston, MD
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JAMA. 1981;245(2):164-165. doi:10.1001/jama.1981.03310270044023
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Sixty male survivors of acute myocardial infarction in the week after the Chicago blizzard of Jan 15, 1979, were matched by hospital and sex with 60 myocardial infarction survivors from a week without snowfall to determine whether a history of previous heart disease or of cardiac risk factors increased the risk of a postblizzard myocardial infarction. Cases did not differ significantly from control subjects with respect to age, percentage working full time, or percentage with a history of heart disease, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or gout. Hypercholesterolemia was four times as common among cases as among controls.

(JAMA 1981;245:164-165)

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Glass RI, Zack MM Jr:  Increase in deaths from ischaemic heart-disease after blizzards . Lancet 1979;;1:485-487.
Faich G, Rose R:  Blizzard morbidity and mortality: Rhode Island, 1978 . Am J Public Health 1979;;69:1050-1052.
Rogot E, Blackwelder WC:  Associations of cardiovascular mortality with weather in Memphis, Tennessee . Public Health Rep 1970;;85:25-39.
Rosenwaike I:  Seasonal variation of deaths in the United States, 1951-60 . J Am Stat Assoc 1966;;61:706-719.
Kutschenreuter PH:  A study of the effect of weather on mortality . Trans NY Acad Sci 1959;; 22:126-138.
Rogot E:  Associations between coronary mortality and the weather, Chicago, 1967 . Public Health Rep 1974;;89:330-338.
Guide to the Health Care Field , American Hospital Association. Chicago, American Hospital Association, 1978;.

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Glass RI, Zack MM Jr:  Increase in deaths from ischaemic heart-disease after blizzards . Lancet 1979;;1:485-487.
Faich G, Rose R:  Blizzard morbidity and mortality: Rhode Island, 1978 . Am J Public Health 1979;;69:1050-1052.
Rogot E, Blackwelder WC:  Associations of cardiovascular mortality with weather in Memphis, Tennessee . Public Health Rep 1970;;85:25-39.
Rosenwaike I:  Seasonal variation of deaths in the United States, 1951-60 . J Am Stat Assoc 1966;;61:706-719.
Kutschenreuter PH:  A study of the effect of weather on mortality . Trans NY Acad Sci 1959;; 22:126-138.
Rogot E:  Associations between coronary mortality and the weather, Chicago, 1967 . Public Health Rep 1974;;89:330-338.
Guide to the Health Care Field , American Hospital Association. Chicago, American Hospital Association, 1978;.
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