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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IJPDS</journal-id>
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<journal-title>International Journal of Population Data Science</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title>IJPDS</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2399-4908</issn>
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<publisher-name>Swansea University</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.23889/ijpds.v11i5.3706</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">11:5:3706</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="pii">S239949082103706X</article-id>
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<subject>Population Data Science</subject>
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<article-title>Identifying heat-related diagnoses through linked electronic health record and environmental data: a heat-wide association study conducted in Chicago</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jang</surname><given-names initials="H">Hyojung</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kho</surname><given-names initials="A">Abel</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Graffy</surname><given-names initials="P">Peter</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Barrett</surname><given-names initials="B">Benjamin</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Horton</surname><given-names initials="D">Daniel</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-3"><sup>3</sup></xref></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chan</surname><given-names initials="J">Jennifer</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="affil-4"><sup>4</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="affil-1"><label>1</label><institution>Division of Biostatistics &amp; Informatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA</institution></aff>
<aff id="affil-2"><label>2</label><institution>Division of Biostatistics &amp; Informatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA; Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA</institution></aff>
<aff id="affil-3"><label>3</label><institution>Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA</institution></aff>
<aff id="affil-4"><label>4</label><institution>Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA</institution></aff>
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<volume>11</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<elocation-id>3706</elocation-id>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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<self-uri xlink:href="https://ijpds.org/article/view/3706">This article is available from the IJPDS website at: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3706</self-uri>
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<p>Extreme heat is an escalating public health concern, yet prior studies capture only a limited spectrum of heat-related illness and often misclassify or miss heat-related conditions. To comprehensively identify heat-sensitive health outcomes, we conducted a heat-wide association study using multi-institutional electronic health record (EHR) data from the Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN). The analytic cohort included 916,904 emergency department (ED) visits among 372,140 adults across five healthcare systems during the warm-season (May-September) from 2011–2023. Patient residential data in CAPriCORN enabled precise linkage of environmental exposure to clinical outcomes. For exposure assessment, 1 km<sup>2</sup>–resolution daily maximum temperature data from Daymet were linked to census tract of each patient’s residence on the date of their ED encounter(s), providing a robust platform for studying acute-care risk during extreme heat events. We employed a two-stage analytic framework—quasi-Poisson regression screening followed by time-stratified case-crossover distributed lag non-linear models—to systematically identify and quantify associations between extreme heat and ICD-10–coded diagnoses. The first stage screened 1,803 diagnostic categories, of which 38 met statistical significance and predefined frequency criteria. The second stage identified 11 diagnoses with elevated same-day risks of ED visits during extreme heat, including heat illness, volume depletion, hypotension, edema, acute kidney failure, and injury-related conditions. By integrating citywide EHR and environmental data, this study provides a population-scale characterization of heat-associated morbidity and its heterogeneity across demographic/geographic subgroups. Findings refine the definition of heat-related health outcomes and inform targeted public-health and clinical responses to future extreme heat events.</p>
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