Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Local Meteorologic Temperature in North Carolina

The association between meteorologic temperature and sudden infant death syndrome was investigated in the 1982–1983 North Carolina birth cohort. Maximum daily temperatures recorded at weather stations in the subject's county of residence for each day of the first year of life were entered into...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1996-07, Vol.144 (2), p.111-115
Main Authors: Leiss, Jack K., Suchindran, C.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
birth certificates
Black or African American
Black People
Cause of Death
Cohort Studies
Emergency and intensive care: neonates and children. Prematurity. Sudden death
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intensive care medicine
Medical sciences
meteorological factors
North Carolina - epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors
Seasons
sudden infant death
Sudden Infant Death - epidemiology
Sudden Infant Death - etiology
Temperature
weather
White People
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Summary:The association between meteorologic temperature and sudden infant death syndrome was investigated in the 1982–1983 North Carolina birth cohort. Maximum daily temperatures recorded at weather stations in the subject's county of residence for each day of the first year of life were entered into hazards models as time-dependent covariates. Risk ratios for a maximum temperature of 53°F were 2.3 (95% confidence interval 1.6–3.3) for blacks and 1.5 (95% confidence interval 1.0–2.1) for whites. Similar results were found for minimum daily temperature. The analysis controlled for season of birth, sex, maternal age, maternal education, parity, and birth weight. Am J Epidemiol 1996; 144: 111–15.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008897