Correlation between Changes in Local Earth’s Magnetic Field and Cases of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Gediminas Jaruševičius, Tautvydas Rugelis, Rollin McCraty, Mantas Landauskas, Kristina Berškienė and Alfonsas Vainoras
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Gediminas Jaruševičius: Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos, Kaunas 50161, Lithuania
Tautvydas Rugelis: Academy of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 44307, Lithuania
Rollin McCraty: HeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA
Mantas Landauskas: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas 51368, Lithuania
Kristina Berškienė: Sport Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania
Alfonsas Vainoras: Cardiology Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 44307, Lithuania

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: The impact of changes in the geomagnetic field on the human body remains the subject of studies across the world, yet there is no consensus. Current studies are observing effects that require further work by researchers in order to find out the mechanisms that would allow a proper assessment of the correlations between the Earth‘s magnetic field variations and changes in human organisms. The main purpose of this study was to investigate possible correlations between the strength of time-varying aspects of the local Earth’s magnetic field and incidence of myocardial infarctions. Study participants included 435 males and 268 females who had diagnosis of myocardial infarction during the period of 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 and attended the Department of Cardiology at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LUHS), Kauno klinikos. Time varying magnetic field data was collected at the magnetometer site located in Lithuania. After mathematical analysis, the results support the hypothesis that the Earth’s magnetic field has a relationship between the number of acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation (STEMI) cases per week and the average weekly geomagnetic field strength in different frequency ranges. Correlations varied in different age groups as well as in males and females, which may indicate diverse organism sensitivity to the Earth’s magnetic field.

Keywords: geomagnetic field; Earth’s magnetic field; myocardial infarction; magnetic field; cardiology; acute coronary syndrome (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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