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ArticleBMC medicine2023

Light at night and cause-specific mortality risk in Mainland China: a nationwide observational study.

Yao Lu, Peng Yin, Jie Wang, Yiping Yang, Fei Li, Hong Yuan, Shenxin Li, Zheng Long, Maigeng Zhou

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Article in BMC medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Yao Lu *Clinical Research Center, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6743-7870
Peng Yin *National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Jie Wang *Department of Cardiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Yiping YangClinical Research Center, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Fei LiDepartment of Cardiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Hong YuanClinical Research Center, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Shenxin LiDepartment of Surveying and Remote Sensing Science, School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China.
Zheng LongNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China.
Maigeng ZhouNational Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100050, China. zhoumaigeng@ncncd.chinacdc.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile epidemiological studies have found correlations between light at night (LAN) and health effects, none has so far investigated the impacts of LAN on population mortality yet. We aimed to estimate the relative risk for mortality from exposure to LAN in Mainland China.

methodsThis time-stratified case-crossover nationwide study used NPP-VIIRS to obtain daily LAN data of Mainland China between 2015 and 2019. The daily mortality data were obtained from the Disease Surveillance Point System in China. Conditional Poisson regression models were applied to examine the relative risk (RR) for mortality along daily LAN in each county, then meta-analysis was performed to combine the county-specific estimates at the national or regional level.

resultsA total of 579 counties with an average daily LAN of 4.39 (range: 1.02-35.46) were included in the main analysis. The overall RRs per 100 nW/cm

conclusionsOur study shows LAN is associated with mortality in China, particularly for neuron system disease-related mortality. These findings have important implications for public health policy establishment to minimize the health consequences of light pollution.

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Environmental ExposureCause of DeathChinaFemaleHumansMaleObservational Studies as TopicCause-specific mortalityLight at nightMortalityNationwide studyTime-stratified case-crossover study

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PMID36927443
PMCPMC10022237

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