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Table 2 A summary of epidemiological studies of the association between wildfire smoke exposure and cardiovascular effects

From: Cardiovascular health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure

Study

Exposure measurement

Endpoints

Association

Cardiovascular morbidity

 Mott et al. [105]

Smoky vs. non-smoky periods

Overall cardiorespiratory

IHD

Circulatory disease

 Moore et al. [103]

Temporal comparison

All CVD

 Johnston et al. [73]

Monitored PM10

All CVD

IHD

 Hanigan, Johnston,

and Morgan [65]

Modeled PM10

All circulatory

IHD

 Delfino et al. [41]

Estimated PM2.5 and PM10

All CVD

IHD

HF

Other

 Henderson et al. [68]

Modeled PM10

All CVD

 Lee et al. [86]

Monitored PM10

Circulatory

CAD

 Morgan et al. [104]

Monitored PM10

All CVD

Cardiac

IHD

Stroke

 Schranz, Castillo, and Vilke [137]

Temporal comparison

CAD

CHD

 Henderson et al. [67]

Modeled PM10

All CVD

 Rappold et al. [121]

Temporal and spatial comparison

All CVD

MI

HF

 Crabbe [37]

Monitored PM10, coarse PM, fine PM, black carbon

CVD

 Rappold et al. [118]

Modeled PM2.5

Congestive HF

 Hejl et al. [66]

Temporal comparison

Blood cardiovascular markers

 Martin et al. [94]

Smoky vs. non-smoky periods

Arrythmia

Cardiac failure

Cerebrovascular disease

IHD

 Gaughan et al. [55]

Urinary levoglucosan level

Mean augmentation index %

 Rappold et al. [119]

Modeled PM2.5

Congestive HF

 Johnston et al. [76]

Smoky vs. non-smoky periods

All CVD

IHD

Arrythmias

Cerebrovascular disease

Cardiac failure

 Le et al. [85]

Temporal comparison, monitored PM2.5

All CVD

IHD

HF

Cerebrovascular disease

Heart rate disturbances

 Dennekamp et al. [43]

Monitored PM2.5, PM10, CO, O3, SO2, NO2

Cardiac arrest

 Haikerwal et al. [64]

Modeled PM2.5

Cardiac arrest

IHD

Acute MI

Angina

 Resnick et al. [126]

Temporal comparison

All CVD

IHD

Hypertension

Cerebrovascular disease

Disease of veins, lymphatics, and circulatory system

 Alman et al. [8]

Monitored PM2.5

CVD

Acute MI

IHD

Dysrhythmia

 Ostro et al. [111]

Modeled source-apportionment PM2.5

All CVD

IHD

MI

Dysrhythmia

HF

 Reid, Jerrett, et al. [123, 124]

Temporal comparison and modeled PM2.5

All CVD

IHD

CHD

Congestive HF

 Tinling et al. [149]

Modeled PM2.5

All-cause cardiac conditions

Cardiac dysrhythmia

HF

Hypertension

 Yao, Eyamie, and

Henderson 2016) [165]

Smoky vs. non-smoky periods

CVD

 Gan et al. [53]

Modeled PM2.5

CVD

Arrhythmia

Cerebrovascular disease

HF

IHD

MI

 Garcia-Olivé et al. [54]

Burnt area % (spatial comparison)

Acute MI

HF

CVD

 Liu et al. [88]

Temporal comparison and modeled PM2.5

 Parthum, Pindilli, and

Hogan [114]

Modeled PM2.5

CHF

Cardiopulmonary disease

 Salimi et al. [133]

Monitored PM2.5

Cardiac arrest

Stroke

Other heart problems

 Weichenthal et al. [160]

Monitored PM2.5

MI

 Wettstein et al. [161]

Smoke density

All CVD

Hypertension

IHD

MI

Dysrhythmia

HF

Ischemic stroke

 Abdo et al. [2]

Modeled PM2.5

Gestational hypertension

 Deflorio-Barker et al. [40]

Smoke vs non-smoke days

Cardiopulmonary

 Stowell et al. [147]

Modeled PM2.5

Acute MI

Congestive HF

Dysrhythmia

IHD

Cerebrovascular disease

CVD

 Jones et al. [77]

Modeled PM2.5

Cardiac arrest

Cardiovascular mortality

 Vedal and Dutton [157]

Monitored PM2.5 and PM10

Cardiorespiratory

 Analitis, Georgiadis,

and Katsouyanni [10]

Areas burnt (spatial comparison)

CVD

 Marlier et al. [92]

Modeled PM2.5 and O3

CVD

 Nunes, Ignotti, and

Hacon [109]

Modeled PM2.5

CVD

Acute MI

Cerebrovascular disease

 Shaposhnikov et al. [143]

Monitored PM10

IHD

Cerebrovascular disease

 Linares et al. [87]

Temporal comparison, monitored PM2.5 and PM10

Circulatory disease

 Faustini et al. [48]

Smoky vs. non-smoky days

CVD

 Kollanus et al. [84]

Monitored PM2.5

CVD

 Navarro et al. [107]

Modeled PM2.5

CVD

 Uda, Hein, and

Atmoko [153]

Modeled PM2.5

CVD

  1. Abbreviations: CAD Coronary artery disease, CHD Congestive heart disease, CVD Cardiovascular disease, HF Heart failure, IHD Ischemic heart disease, MI Myocardial infarction. “↑” indicates a positive association; “→” indicates a null association