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Table 1 Selected publications devoted to the study of seasonal dynamics of MI

From: Seasonal dynamics of myocardial infarctions in regions with different types of a climate: a meta-analysis

Publications

Period of the study (yy)

Location of the study, geographical coordinates, altitude

Total number of MI

Age (years)

Sex, male (%)

Diagnostics

Akioka [8]

2012–2013

Oita, Japan, 33º14´N, 131º36´ E, 9 m a.s.l

186

71

76.3

Depasquale [20]

1952–1955

New Orleans, USA, 29º58´N, 90º06´ W, 4 m a.s.l

1582

ECG

Didier [13]

2009–2016

Brest, France, 48°23´ N, 4° 29´W, 34 m a.s.l

742

62.4

71.3

ECG

Douglas [21]

1962–1971

Scotland

125,799

65*

64.5**

González Hernández [22]

1995–1999

Valencia, Spain, 39°28´ N, 00° 22´W, 15 m a.s.l

8329

65*

76

Heyer [23]

1946–1951

Dallas, USA, 32º46´N, 96º47´ W, 131 m a.s.l

1386

ECG

Hong [24]

1997–2006

South Korea

265,935

65*

59.9**

Khan [25]

2005–2015

Germany

3,008,188

70*

62.3**

WHOC

Keller 2014 [26]

2010–2012

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 23º42´N, 90º22´ E, 60 m a.s.l

2374

WHOC

Kozlovskaia [9]

2009–2012

Moscow, Russia, 55º45´N, 37º37´ E, 200 m a.s.l

63,412

≥ 40

53

ECG

Ku [27]

1992–1996

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 22º38´N, 120º16´ E, 9 m a.s.l

540

62.3

74.1

ECG, CK

Lashari [28]

2011

Karachi, Pakistan, 24º51´N, 67º E, 8 m a.s.l

428

48.5

61

ECG, CK, T

Lin [29]

2005–2016

Taipei, Taiwan, 25° N 121º 32´ E, 9 m a.s.l

2151

59

83

Mahajan [30]

2007–2014

USA

321,888

60

65**

Manfredini [31]

1998–2006

Ferrara, Italy, 44º50´N, 11º37´ E, 9 m a.s.l

64,191

70

62.9**

WHOC

Mintz [32]

1940–1945

Chicago, USA, 41º54´N, 87º39´ W, 200 m a.s.l

572

59.5

68.5

ECG

Morabito [11]

1998–2002

Florence, Italy, 43º47´N, 11º15´ E, 50 m a.s.l

2683

65*

66**

WHOC

Moschos [33]

1988–1998

Rhodes, Greece, 36º10´N, 28º E, 11 m a.s.l

1196

75

ECG, CK

Nagarajan [34]

2003–2008

USA

82,971

67.5

60.1**

-

Park [35]

2007–2016

Seoul, South Korea, 37º35´N, 127º E, 38 m a.s.l

279

59.2

80.7**

CMR, CK

Radišauskas [16]

1995–2007

Kaunas, Lithuania, 54º54´N, 23º56´ E, 47 m a.s.l

6753

44.5*

57.7**

WHOC

Rumana [36]

1988–2003

Takashima, Japan, 35º21´N, 136º E, 94 m a.s.l

335

71.7

64.8

WHOC

Sharif Nia [37]

2013–2015

Sari, Iran, 36°33´ N 53º E, 32 m a.s.l

6377

ECG, CK, T

Spencer [38]

1994–1996

USA

124,239

65.7*

64**

Spielberg [39]

1980–1988

Dessau, Germany, 51º50´N, 12º14´ E, 60 m a.s.l

2906

67.8

60.1

WHOC

Thakur [40]

1979–1983

Patna, India, 25º37´N, 85º08´ E, 53 m a.s.l

1217

ECG, CK

  1. WHOC World Health Organization Criteria, ECG Electrocardiography, CK Creatine kinase, T Troponin, CMR Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
  2. * is statistics presented separately for groups of different ages, ** is statistics presented separately for men and women, and (-) is no information