{"id":5911,"date":"2017-06-09T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T09:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:19:21","slug":"association-between-extreme-cold-weather-temperatures-and-mortality-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/association-between-extreme-cold-weather-temperatures-and-mortality-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Association between extreme cold weather temperatures and mortality in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/association-between-extreme-cold-weather-temperatures-and-mortality-in-greece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4116 size-medium\" title=\"FAME Lab - Association between Extreme Cold Weather Temperatures and Mortality in Greece\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/42-300x192.png\" alt=\"FAME Lab - Association between Extreme Cold Weather Temperatures and Mortality in Greece\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amorim T<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ioannou LG<\/a>, Spapi F, <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flouris AD<\/a> (2017) Association between Extreme Cold Weather Temperatures and Mortality in Greece. J Geriatr Med Gerontol 3:029. doi.org\/10.23937\/2469-5858\/1510029.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Abstract:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Background: Little is known about cold-related mortality in south Europe. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between extreme cold weather and mortality in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Methods:\u00a0Daily mortality data covering the period 1999-2012 were retrieved through the Hellenic Statistical Authority Archive. 24-hour mean temperature was collected from 16 weather stations spread throughout the country. Analyses were focused on days with extremely low temperatures (5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0percentile) as well as on the following seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Results:\u00a0The two leading death causes during extreme cold weather were diseases of the nervous system (36.5%) and diseases of the respiratory system (26.8%). The prevalence of deaths due the aforementioned causes was significantly increased on extreme cold weather (and following seven days) when compared to warm temperature days (temperatures ranging between 15-20 \u00b0C; p &lt; 0.001). In addition, temperature during extreme cold weather was significantly associated with increased mortality; a decrease of 1 \u00b0C in mean temperature significantly increased mortality by 2.8% (p &lt; 0.001). On the first and second day following extreme cold weather, mortality increased by 0.6% (p &lt; 0.001) and 0.8% (p &lt; 0.01), respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:\u00a0Extreme cold weather is associated with all-cause mortality and also with cause-specific mortality. During extreme cold days, the diseases of the nervous and respiratory systems rise the most in Greece.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Full Text Link: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clinmedjournals.org\/articles\/jgmg\/journal-of-geriatric-medicine-and-gerontology-jgmg-3-029.php?jid=jgmg#fig1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/clinmedjournals.org\/articles\/jgmg\/journal-of-geriatric-medicine-and-gerontology-jgmg-3-029.php?jid=jgmg#fig1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1316\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amorim T, Ioannou LG, Spapi F, Flouris AD (2017) Association between Extreme Cold Weather Temperatures and Mortality in Greece. J Geriatr Med Gerontol 3:029. doi.org\/10.23937\/2469-5858\/1510029. Abstract: Background: Little is known about cold-related mortality in south Europe. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between extreme cold weather and mortality in Greece. 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