Accelerating Burden of Hypertensive Heart Disease in Low- and Lower-Middle-SDI Countries, 1990–2023: The Contribution of Cold Temperature Exposure
Mingyang Ruan, Ruixue Zhang, Jinglian Wei, Tiezheng Niu, Shiqi Wang, Wenming Shi, Guangyuan Yang, Tianwei Dong · 2026
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Mingyang Ruan and co-authors chart three decades of hypertensive heart disease in the world's poorer countries, in a study published in 2026. Using Global Burden of Disease data for seventy-nine low and lower-middle income countries, they tracked deaths and disability from 1990 to 2023 and asked how much cold weather contributes.
Deaths rose about 192 percent, to roughly 461,000 a year, and disability-adjusted life years climbed about 171 percent. Age-standardized death rates rose significantly in the poorest group of countries, with Central Sub-Saharan Africa highest in 2023. Cold exposure consistently accounted for more of the temperature-linked burden than heat. Models project the burden forward to 2050. The authors argue that warming averages hide a cold-driven killer in under-resourced health systems.
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| CREATOR | Mingyang Ruan, Ruixue Zhang, Jinglian Wei, Tiezheng Niu, Shiqi Wang, Wenming Shi, Guangyuan Yang, Tianwei Dong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |