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Methods: Data on particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and other air pollutants, measured at each of the 11 air-quality monitoring stations in Kaohsiung City, were collected between 2011 and 2016. The medical records of non-trauma adult (&gt;17 years) patients who had visited the emergency department (ED) with a typical electrocardiogram change of STEMI were extracted. A time-stratified and case-crossover study design was used to examine the relationship between air pollutants and daily ED visits for STEMI. Results: An interquartile range increment in PM2.5 on lag 0 was associated with an increment of 25.5% (95% confidence interval, 2.6%\u201353.4%) in the risk of STEMI ED visits. Men and persons with \u22653 risk factors (male sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, current smoker, dyslipidemia, history of myocardial infarction, and high body mass index) for myocardial infarction (MI) were more sensitive to the hazardous effects of PM2.5 (interaction: p = 0.039 and p = 0.018, respectively). The associations between PM10, NO2, and O3 and STEMI did not achieve statistical significance. Conclusion: PM2.5 may play an important role in STEMI events on the day of exposure in Kaohsiung. Men and persons with \u22653 risk factors of MI are more susceptible to the adverse effects of PM2.5 on STEMI.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16193760","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,7]],"date-time":"2019-10-07T10:05:12Z","timestamp":1570442712000},"page":"3760","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Short-Term Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Events: Are There Potentially Susceptible Groups?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Hsiu-Yung","family":"Pan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shun-Man","family":"Cheung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taitung Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung 950, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0724-3844","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fu-Cheng","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7872-3485","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kuan-Han","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shih-Yu","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Po-Chun","family":"Chuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1960-2274","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fu-Jen","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City 833, Taiwan"},{"name":"Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"955","article-title":"Climate and environmental triggers of acute myocardial infarction","volume":"38","author":"Claeys","year":"2017","journal-title":"Eur. 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