Abstract
The assessment of the acute impact of Daylight Saving Time (DST) transitions is a question of great interest for an understanding of the benefits and inconveniences of a practice that is now under public scrutiny in Europe and America.Here we report a thorough analysis of a record of twelve well-known research studies that re- ported increased risks associated with DST transitions in health issues —acute myocardial infarction, ischemic strokes— and in societal issues —accidents, traffic accidents and fatal motor vehicle accidents—.We found that a 5% increase of the risks suffices to understand the reported increased risks associated with the spring transition. Reported values above this threshold are impacted by the sample size of the study.In the case of the autumn transition, no increase of the risks is found.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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