{"id":5307,"date":"2018-03-10T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/?p=5307"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:15:20","slug":"links-between-night-time-thermoneutral-zone-and-mortality-from-circulatory-causes-in-the-elderly-population-of-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/links-between-night-time-thermoneutral-zone-and-mortality-from-circulatory-causes-in-the-elderly-population-of-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Links between night-time thermoneutral zone and mortality from circulatory causes in the elderly population of Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FAME<\/a>Ioannou LG<\/a>, Tsoutsoubi L<\/a>, Amorim T<\/a>, Samoutis G, Flouris AD<\/a> (2018) Links between Night- Time Thermoneutral Zone and Mortality from Circulatory Causes in the Elderly Population of Cyprus. J Geriatr Med Gerontol 4:040. doi.org\/10.23937\/2469-5858\/1510040<\/span><\/p>\n

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Background: The relationship between non-thermoneutral zone temperatures with increased mortality in elderly individuals is well established. However, less is known regarding the effect of night-time temperature on mortality in elderly individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between night-time temperature and mortality in elderly people (\u2265 70 years) in Cyprus.<\/p>\n

Methods: All-cause mortality data covering the period 2004-2014 were retrieved from the Health Monitoring Unit of the Cypriot Ministry of Health. Midnight (00:00) temperature data from weather stations across the island of Cyprus covering the same time period were collected from www.wunderground.com. Night-time temperatures were categorized into six 5-degree Celsius categories (\u2264 8 \u2103, 9-13 \u2103, 14-18 \u2103, 19-23 \u2103, 24-28 \u2103, and \u2265 29 \u2103). The 19-23 \u2103 category was defined as thermoneutral zone.<\/p>\n

Results: A total of 43,107 elderly individuals died during the monitored period and the most prevalent cause of death was \u201cdiseases of the circulatory system\u201d (41.5%; p < 0.001). Mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system was significantly reduced when night-time temperature was at the thermoneutral zone during the previous night (p < 0.05). The prevalence of deaths due to circulatory causes was higher for females compared to males (p < 0.001) (Cohen\u2019s d = 0.34). Furthermore, there was higher prevalence of deaths during extreme night time temperatures compared with thermoneutral zone (0.24 \u2265 Cohen\u2019s d \u2264 1.01).<\/p>\n

Conclusion: Mortality due to circulatory causes, the most prevalent cause of death in Cyprus, is increased when night-time temperature is above or below the thermoneutral zone.<\/p>\n

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Ioannou LG, Tsoutsoubi L, Amorim T, Samoutis G, Flouris AD (2018) Links between Night- Time Thermoneutral Zone and Mortality from Circulatory Causes in the Elderly Population of Cyprus. J Geriatr Med Gerontol 4:040. doi.org\/10.23937\/2469-5858\/1510040 Abstract: Background: The relationship between non-thermoneutral zone temperatures with increased mortality in elderly individuals is well established. However, less is known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fame-lab-publications-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16589,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5307\/revisions\/16589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}