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Cheng BJ, Li H, Meng K, Li TL, Meng XC, Wang J, Wang C, Jiang N, Sun MJ, Yang LS, Zhu XY, Liu R. Short-term effects of heatwaves on clinical and subclinical cardiovascular indicators in Chinese adults: A distributed lag analysis. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2024; 183:108358. [PMID: 38056095 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
AIMS Previous studies have related heat waves to morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases; however, potential mechanisms remained limited. Our aims were to investigate the short-term effects of heat waves on a series of clinical/subclinical indicators associated with cardiovascular health. METHODS Our study used 80,574 health examination records from the Health Management Center of Nanjing Zhongda Hospital during the warm seasons of 2019-2021, including 62,128 participants. A total of 11 recognized indicators of cardiovascular risk or injury were assessed. Air pollution and meteorological data were obtained from the Nanjing Ecological Environment Bureau and the China Meteorological Data Network, respectively. Heat waves were defined as a daily average temperature over the 95th percentile for three or more consecutive days from May to September. We used a combination of linear mixed effects models and distributed lag nonlinear models to assess the lagged effects of heat waves on clinical and subclinical cardiovascular indicators. Stratified analyses based on individuals' characteristics, including gender, age, body mass index (BMI), diabetes, and hypertension, were also performed. RESULTS Heat waves were related to significant changes in most indicators, with the magnitude of effects generally peaking at a lag of 0 to 3 days. Moreover, the cumulative percentage changes over lag 0-7 days were -0.82 % to -2.55 % in blood pressure, 1.32 % in heart rate, 0.20 % to 2.66 % in systemic inflammation markers, 0.36 % in a blood viscosity parameter, 9.36 % in homocysteine, and 1.35 % to 3.25 % in injuring myocardial enzymes. Interestingly, females and males showed distinct susceptibilities in different indicators. Stronger effects were also found in participants aged 50 years or over, individuals with abnormal BMI status, and patients with diabetes. CONCLUSION Short-term exposure to heat waves could significantly alter clinical/subclinical cardiovascular indicator profiles, including blood pressure changes, increased heart rate, acute systemic inflammation, elevated blood viscosity, and myocardial injury.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bei-Jing Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, Anhui, China
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- The Affiliated Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China.
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Lai P, Zhang L, Qiu Y, Ren J, Sun X, Zhang T, Wang L, Cheng S, Liu S, Zhuang H, Lu D, Zhang S, Liang H, Chen S. Heat stress reduces brown adipose tissue activity by exacerbating mitochondrial damage in type 2 diabetic mice. J Therm Biol 2024; 119:103799. [PMID: 38342042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.103799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
Abstract
Epidemiological evidence shows that diabetic patients are susceptible to high temperature weather, and brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity is closely related to type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Activation of BAT under cold stress helps improve T2DM. However, the impact of high temperature on the activity of BAT is still unclear. The study aimed to investigate the impact of heat stress on glucose and lipid metabolism in T2DM mice by influencing BAT activity. High-fat feeding and injecting streptozotocin (STZ) induced model of T2DM mice. All mice were randomly divided into three groups: a normal(N) group, a diabetes (DM) group and a heat stress diabetes (DMHS) group. The DMHS group received heat stress intervention for 3 days. Fasting blood glucose, fasting serum insulin and blood lipids were measured in all three groups. The activity of BAT was assessed by using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), electron microscopy, and PET CT. Furthermore, the UHPLC-Q-TOF MS technique was employed to perform metabolomics analysis of BAT on both DM group and DMHS group. The results of this study indicated that heat stress aggravated the dysregulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, exacerbated mitochondrial dysfunction in BAT and reduced the activity of BAT in T2DM mice. This may be related to the abnormal accumulation of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in the mitochondria of BAT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Penghua Lai
- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen University, Malaysia
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China
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- Liver Disease Center, Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen, 361009, Fujian Province, China; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
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- School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, Fujian Province, China; School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen University, Malaysia.
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