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Mo S, Hu J, Yu C, Bao J, Shi Z, Zhou P, Yang Z, Luo S, Yin Z, Zhang Y. Short-term effects of fine particulate matter constituents on myocardial infarction death. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 133:60-69. [PMID: 37451789 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Existing evidence suggested that short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) may increase the risk of death from myocardial infarction (MI), while PM2.5 constituents responsible for this association has not been determined. We collected 12,927 MI deaths from 32 counties in southern China during 2011-2013. County-level exposures of ambient PM2.5 and its 5 constituents (i.e., elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), sulfate (SO42-), ammonium (NH4+), and nitrate (NO3-)) were aggregated from gridded datasets predicted by Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System. We employed a space-time-stratified case-crossover design and conditional logistic regression models to quantify the association of MI mortality with short-term exposure to PM2.5 and its constituents across various lag days. Over the study period, the daily mean PM2.5 mass concentration was 77.8 (standard deviation (SD) = 72.7) µg/m3. We estimated an odds ratio of 1.038 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.003-1.074), 1.038 (1.013-1.063) and 1.057 (1.023-1.097) for MI mortality associated with per interquartile range (IQR) increase in the 3-day moving-average exposure to PM2.5 (IQR = 76.3 µg/m3), EC (4.1 µg/m3) and OC (9.1 µg/m3), respectively. We did not identify significant association between MI death and exposure to water-soluble ions (SO42-, NH4+ and NO3-). Likelihood ratio tests supported no evident violations of linear assumptions for constituents-MI associations. Subgroup analyses showed stronger associations between MI death and EC/OC exposure in the elderly, males and cold months. Short-term exposure to PM2.5 constituents, particularly those carbonaceous aerosols, was associated with increased risks of MI mortality.
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- Shaocai Mo
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China; Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China.
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Ma R, Zhang G, Kong Y, Jia S. Regional heterogeneity in short-term associations of meteorological factors, air pollution, and asthma hospitalizations in Guangxi, China. Public Health 2023; 223:42-49. [PMID: 37597463 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify and evaluate the short-term and lag effects of environmental factors on asthma hospitalizations in different regions. STUDY DESIGN The ecological study on asthma is performed in three regions of Guangxi, China, that are distinctly different in geography and climate. METHODS We used distributed lag non-linear models to investigate the exposure-response-lag relationship between meteorological factors, air pollutants, and asthma hospital admissions across the three regions during 2015 (January 1 to December 31). RESULTS Cold was an important meteorological factor affecting asthma. At lag 0, the relative risk (RR; 23°C as reference) of cold in the Northwest, Northeast, and South was 1.10 (10°C), 1.14 (8°C), and 1.30 (11°C), respectively. NO2 was identified as the most important air pollutant affecting asthma. The RR of asthma hospitalization increased by 10.9% (at lag 4), 8.1% (at lag 0), and 4.2% (at lag 2) for every 10 μg/m3 increase in NO2 concentration in the Northwest, Northeast, and South, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In the three regions of Guangxi, there were differences in the dominant factors affecting asthma hospitalizations. Differences in geography can inform governments as to how to prepare the healthcare system to meet the expected peaks.
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- R Ma
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; The College of Information Science & Technology, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou 451044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology for the Middle and Lower Yellow River Regions, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- The College of Information Science & Technology, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou 451044, China.
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Cheng J, Zheng H, Wei J, Huang C, Ho HC, Sun S, Phung D, Kim H, Wang X, Bai Z, Hossain MZ, Tong S, Su H, Xu Z. Short-term residential exposure to air pollution and risk of acute myocardial infarction deaths at home in China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:76881-76890. [PMID: 37247141 PMCID: PMC10300167 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27813-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Air pollution remains a major threat to cardiovascular health and most acute myocardial infarction (AMI) deaths occur at home. However, currently established knowledge on the deleterious effect of air pollution on AMI has been limited to routinely monitored air pollutants and overlooked the place of death. In this study, we examined the association between short-term residential exposure to China's routinely monitored and unmonitored air pollutants and the risk of AMI deaths at home. A time-stratified case-crossover analysis was undertaken to associate short-term residential exposure to air pollution with 0.1 million AMI deaths at home in Jiangsu Province (China) during 2016-2019. Individual-level residential exposure to five unmonitored and monitored air pollutants including PM1 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 1 μm) and PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm), SO2 (sulfur dioxide), NO2 (nitrogen dioxide), and O3 (ozone) was estimated from satellite remote sensing and machine learning technique. We found that exposure to five air pollutants, even below the recently released stricter air quality standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), was all associated with increased odds of AMI deaths at home. The odds of AMI deaths increased by 20% (95% confidence interval: 8 to 33%), 22% (12 to 33%), 14% (2 to 27%), 13% (3 to 25%), and 7% (3 to 12%) for an interquartile range increase in PM1, PM2.5, SO2, NO2, and O3, respectively. A greater magnitude of association between NO2 or O3 and AMI deaths was observed in females and in the warm season. The greatest association between PM1 and AMI deaths was found in individuals aged ≤ 64 years. This study for the first time suggests that residential exposure to routinely monitored and unmonitored air pollutants, even below the newest WHO air quality standards, is still associated with higher odds of AMI deaths at home. Future studies are warranted to understand the biological mechanisms behind the triggering of AMI deaths by air pollution exposure, to develop intervention strategies to reduce AMI deaths triggered by air pollution exposure, and to evaluate the cost-effectiveness, accessibility, and sustainability of these intervention strategies.
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- Jian Cheng
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Disease, Hefei, China
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- Department of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Public Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Health and Environment and Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, China
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- School of Health Services Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- School of Public Health, Institute of Environment and Population Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Center for Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Disease, Hefei, China
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia.
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Ma X, Zhang B, Duan H, Wu H, Dong J, Guo X, Lu Z, Ma J, Xi B. Estimating future PM 2.5-attributed acute myocardial infarction incident cases under climate mitigation and population change scenarios in Shandong Province, China. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 256:114893. [PMID: 37059016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have been widely recognized. However, no studies have comprehensively evaluated future PM2.5-attributed AMI burdens under different climate mitigation and population change scenarios. We aimed to quantify the PM2.5-AMI association and estimate the future change in PM2.5-attributed AMI incident cases under six integrated scenarios in 2030 and 2060 in Shandong Province, China. METHODS Daily AMI incident cases and air pollutant data were collected from 136 districts/counties in Shandong Province from 2017 - 2019. A two-stage analysis with a distributed lag nonlinear model was conducted to quantify the baseline PM2.5-AMI association. The future change in PM2.5-attributed AMI incident cases was estimated by combining the fitted PM2.5-AMI association with the projected daily PM2.5 concentrations under six integrated scenarios. We further analyzed the factors driving changes in PM2.5-related AMI incidence using a decomposition method. RESULTS Each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 exposure at lag05 was related to an excess risk of 1.3 % (95 % confidence intervals: 0.9 %, 1.7 %) for AMI incidence from 2017 - 2019 in Shandong Province. The estimated total PM2.5-attributed AMI incident cases would increase by 10.9-125.9 % and 6.4-244.6 % under Scenarios 1 - 3 in 2030 and 2060, whereas they would decrease by 0.9-5.2 % and 33.0-46.2 % under Scenarios 5 - 6 in 2030 and 2060, respectively. Furthermore, the percentage increases in PM2.5-attributed female cases (2030: -0.3 % to 135.1 %; 2060: -33.2 % to 321.5 %) and aging cases (2030: 15.2-171.8 %; 2060: -21.5 % to 394.2 %) would wholly exceed those in male cases (2030: -1.8 % to 133.2 %; 2060: -41.1 % to 264.3 %) and non-aging cases (2030: -41.0 % to 45.7 %; 2060: -89.5 % to -17.0 %) under six scenarios in 2030 and 2060. Population aging is the main driver of increased PM2.5-related AMI incidence under Scenarios 1 - 3 in 2030 and 2060, while improved air quality can offset these negative effects of population aging under the implementation of the carbon neutrality and 1.5 °C targets. CONCLUSION The combination of ambitious climate policies (i.e., 1.5 °C warming limits and carbon neutrality targets) with stringent clean air policies is necessary to reduce the health impacts of air pollution in Shandong Province, China, regardless of population aging.
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- Xiaoyun Ma
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Academy of Preventive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Święczkowski M, Dobrzycki S, Kuźma Ł. Multi-City Analysis of the Acute Effect of Polish Smog on Cause-Specific Mortality (EP-PARTICLES Study). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20085566. [PMID: 37107848 PMCID: PMC10139136 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20085566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Polish smog is a specific type of air pollution present in Eastern Poland, which may cause particularly adverse cardiovascular effects. It is characterized primarily by high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and different favorable conditions of formation. Our study aimed to assess whether PM and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have a short-term impact on mortality due to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and ischemic stroke (IS). The study covered the years 2016-2020, a total of 6 million person-years from five main cities in Eastern Poland. To evaluate the association between air pollution and cause-specific mortality, a case-crossover study design with conditional logistic regression was used at days with LAG from 0 to 2. We recorded 87,990 all-cause deaths, including 9688 and 3776 deaths due to ACS and IS, respectively. A 10 μg/m3 increase in air pollutants was associated with an increase in mortality due to ACS (PM2.5 OR = 1.029, 95%CI 1.011-1.047, p = 0.002; PM10 OR = 1.015, 95%CI 1-1.029, p = 0.049) on LAG 0. On LAG 1 we recorded an increase in both IS (PM2.5 OR = 1.03, 95%CI 1.001-1.058, p = 0.04) and ACS (PM2.5 OR = 1.028, 95%CI 1.01-1.047, p = 0.003; PM10 OR = 1.026, 95%CI 1.011-1.041, p = 0.001; NO2 OR = 1.036, 95%CI 1.003-1.07, p = 0.04). There was a strong association between air pollution and cause-specific mortality in women (ACS: PM2.5 OR = 1.032, 95%CI 1.006-1.058, p = 0.01; PM10 OR = 1.028, 95%CI 1.008-1.05, p = 0.01) and elderly (ACS: PM2.5 OR = 1.03, 95%CI 1.01-1.05, p = 0.003; PM10 OR = 1.027, 95% CI 1.011-1.043, p < 0.001 and IS: PM2.5 OR = 1.037, 95%CI 1.007-1.069, p = 0.01; PM10 OR = 1.025, 95%CI 1.001-1.05, p = 0.04). The negative influence of PMs was observed on mortality due to ACS and IS. NO2 was associated with only ACS-related mortality. The most vulnerable subgroups were women and the elderly.
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Xiao H, Yao C, Qi Z, Liu J, Liu X, Zhou Y, Tang E, Hu Y, Jiang Y, Li D, Du N, Li N, Li Y, Ji A, Cai T. Association between maternal short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and the risk of fetal distress: A matched case-control study. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 860:160438. [PMID: 36435241 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ambient air pollution has been linked to gestational complications. However, the evidence on the relationship between air pollution and fetal distress is limited. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between maternal short-term air pollution exposure and fetal distress, and to identify a potential susceptible population. METHODS This matched case-control study, involving 313 pregnancy women with fetal distress was conducted in Xi'an, the largest city in Northwest China from 2013 to 2016. Each woman with fetal distress was randomly matched with four women without fetal distress of the same age, same gestational week, and registration in the same period (n = 1252). Inverse distance-weighted (IDW) interpolation was applied to estimate maternal air pollution exposure based on the residential addresses. We employed conditional logistic regression model to evaluate the relationship between air pollutants and fetal distress. Distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) was performed to examine the exposure-response relationship between air pollutants and fetal distress. RESULTS Maternal short-term exposure to PM10, PM2.5-10 (PMc), SO2, NO2, and CO was associated with increased risk of fetal distress. Each 10 μg/m3 increment in PM10, PMc, SO2 at lag 014, and NO2 at lag 010, the odds ratio (ORs) of fetal distress were 1.027 (95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.004, 1.050), 1.058 (95 % CI: 1.014, 1.105), 1.140 (95 % CI: 1.029, 1.264), and 1.158 (95 % CI: 1.046, 1.283), respectively. Similarly, with a 0.1 mg/m3 increment in CO at lag 014, the OR of fetal distress was 1.029 (95 % CI: 1.002, 1.058). Stratified analyses showed that the estimate associations of PM10, PM2.5 and CO appeared to be stronger, although not statistically significantly, among women with gestational complications. CONCLUSION Maternal short-term exposure to ambient air pollution may increase the risk of fetal distress. Understanding the detrimental role of air pollution in fetal distress can help us better develop preventative methods in reducing its' impact on maternal and fetal health.
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- Hua Xiao
- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an 710068, China; Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an 710068, China
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- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- The First People's Hospital of Guiyang, Guiyang 550000, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China; Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing 401331, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China.
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Song J, Lu Y, Zhao Q, Zhang Y, Yang X, Chen Q, Guo Y, Hu K. Effect modifications of green space and blue space on heat-mortality association in Hong Kong, 2008-2017. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156127. [PMID: 35605868 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite emerging recognition of the benefits of green and blue spaces on human health, evidence for their effect modifications on heat-mortality associations is limited. We aimed to investigate the effect modifications of green and blue spaces on heat-mortality associations among different age and sex groups and at different heat levels. METHODS Daily mortality and meteorological data from 2008 to 2017 in Hong Kong, China were collected. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and distance to coast were used as proxies for green and blue space exposure, respectively. Time-series analyses was performed using fitting generalized linear mixed models with an interaction term between heat and levels of exposure to either green or blue space. Age-, sex-, and heat level-stratified analyses were also conducted. RESULTS With a 1 °C increase in temperature above the 90th percentile (29.61 °C), mortality increased by 5.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.6, 10.1%), 5.4% (1.4, 9.5%), and 4.6% (0.8, 8.9%) for low, medium and high levels of green space exposure, respectively, and by 7.5% (3.9, 11.2%) and 3.5% (0.3, 6.8%) for low and high levels of blue space exposure, respectively. Significant effect modifications of green and blue spaces were not observed for the whole population or any specific age and sex group, either at a moderate heat level or a heat level (Ps > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS No significant effect modifications of green and blue spaces on heat-related mortality risk were observed in Hong Kong. These findings challenge the existing evidence on the prominent protective role of green and blue spaces in mitigating heat-related mortality risks.
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- Jinglu Song
- Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
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- School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China.
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- Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China.
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- Climate, Air Quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia.
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- Department of Big Data in Health Science, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Effect of Short-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Particulate Matter Pollutants on Triggering Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol 2022; 175:158-163. [PMID: 35595553 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.03.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Long-term exposure to high concentrations of air pollution is known to lead to increased cardiovascular disease, but it remains unclear whether short-term exposure increases the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute heart failure (AHF). A time-stratified case-crossover design was used, including data from the 2-year period (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018), from the National Health Insurance Academic Research Database of Taiwan. Air pollution data were obtained from the Air Quality Monitoring Station of the Environmental Protection Agency of the Executive Yuan. A generalized linear model was used for statistical analysis. In areas with a long-term moderate severity of air pollution, a 10 μg/m3 increase in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and particulate matter (PM10) exposure in a short period of time coincided with an increase in AMI by 6.5% to 6.7% and 0.9% to 1.1%, respectively, and AHF by 6.1% to 6.4% and 0.9% to 1.0%, respectively. A long-term high severity of air pollution (PM2.5 and PM10) coincided with an increase in AMI by 7.9% to 8.8% and 4.4% to 4.9%, respectively, and AHF by 7.6% to 8.4% and 4.3% to 4.8%, respectively. In areas with a long-term moderate or high severity of air pollution, short-term exposure to high concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 pollution is positively correlated with AMI and AHF.
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Tian F, Qi J, Qian Z, Li H, Wang L, Wang C, Geiger SD, McMillin SE, Yin P, Lin H, Zhou M. Differentiating the effects of air pollution on daily mortality counts and years of life lost in six Chinese megacities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 827:154037. [PMID: 35192816 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ambient air pollution has been widely associated with increased mortality and years of life lost (YLL) from various diseases. However, no study has assessed that the effects of air pollution on overall YLL were due to increased number of mortalities or average YLL per death. METHODS We first conducted a time-series study from 2013 to 2016, covering six Chinese megacities. Generalized additive models with a Gaussian link were utilized to estimate the associations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with daily overall YLL and average YLL per death from various causes, including non-accidental causes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), respiratory diseases (RD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), stroke and acute myocardial infraction (AMI). The city-specific estimates were then pooled by random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS A total of 1,586,741 deaths from non-accidental causes and 21,916,857 YLLs were recorded in the six cities, providing an average of 13.81 daily YLLs per death. Significant effects of PM2.5 and NO2 on daily overall YLL and daily mortality count were observed, but there were no significant effects on average YLL per death. At the pooled level, each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 and NO2 was associated with increased YLL and higher mortality due to non-accidental causes [PM2.5: 5.45 years, 95% CI: 1.47, 9.42 and ERR (excess relative risk) = 0.25%, 95% CI: 0.14%, 0.35%; NO2: 20.46 years, 95% CI: 10.77, 30.15 and ERR = 1.13%, 95% CI: 0.63%, 1.63%]. Consistent results and patterns were observed for other cause-specific diseases, including IHD, COPD, stroke and AMI. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates observed associations between air pollution and YLL might be mainly induced by increasing mortality count, rather than increasing average life lost for each death. More relevant intervention should be performed to reduce the number of deaths due to air pollution.
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- Fei Tian
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Khan Annex, 1206 S. Fourth St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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- School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Tegeler Hall, 3550 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis. MO 63103, USA
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China.
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
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Xu M, Hu P, Chen R, Liu B, Chen H, Hou J, Ke L, Huang J, Ren H, Hu H. Association of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution with the number of tuberculosis cases notified: a time-series study in Hong Kong. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:21621-21633. [PMID: 34767173 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17082-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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To analyze the association of long-term exposure to air pollution and its attributable risks with the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases notified, a quasi-Poisson regression model combined with a distributed lag nonlinear model (DLNM) was constructed using monthly data on air pollution and TB cases notified in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2018. Nonlinear relationships between PM10, PM2.5, and CO and TB cases notified were identified. The concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, and CO corresponding to the minimum numbers of TB cases notified (the minimum TB notification concentrations, MTNCs) were 58.3 μg/m3, 41.7 μg/m3, and 0.1 mg/m3, respectively. Compared with the MTNCs, the overall cumulative numbers of TB cases notified increased by 76.93% (95% CI: 13.08%, 176.83%), 88.81% (95% CI: 26.09%, 182.71%), and 233.43% (95% CI: 13.56%, 879.03%) for the 95th percentiles of PM10 and PM2.5 and for the 97.5th percentiles of CO, respectively. The TB notification rate attributed to concentration ranges above the 97.5th percentile of PM10, PM2.5, and CO was 3.38% (95% empirical confidence intervals [eCI]: 0.93%, 5.61%), 4.73% (95% eCI: 1.87%, 7.15%), and 3.34% (95% eCI: 0.29%, 5.83%), respectively. Long-term exposure to high concentrations of air pollution in Hong Kong may be associated with increases in the number of TB cases notified for this area.
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- Man Xu
- School of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 16 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, 430065, Hubei Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Health (HUST), Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, and State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubation), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Center of Health Administration and Development Studies, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China
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- Biological Products Management Office, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China
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- Center of Health Administration and Development Studies, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China
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- Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China
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- School of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 16 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, 430065, Hubei Province, China.
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- School of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 16 Huangjiahu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan City, 430065, Hubei Province, China.
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Jiang Q, Ji A, Li D, Shi L, Gao M, Lv N, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Chen R, Chen W, Zheng Y, Cui L. Mitochondria damage in ambient particulate matter induced cardiotoxicity: Roles of PPAR alpha/PGC-1 alpha signaling. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 288:117792. [PMID: 34280742 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Particulate matter (PM) had been associated with cardiotoxicity, while the mechanism of toxicity has yet to be elucidated, with mitochondria dysfunction as a potential candidate. To investigate the potential cardiotoxic effects of ambient PM exposure and assess the damage to cardiac mitochondria, C57/B6 mice were exposed to filtered air or real ambient PM for three or six weeks. Furthermore, to reveal the role of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor alpha (PPAR alpha) in PM exposure induced cardiotoxicity/mitochondria damage, animals were also co-treated with PPAR alpha agonist WY 14,643 or PPAR alpha antagonist GW 6471. Cardiotoxicity was assessed with echocardiography and histopathology, while mitochondria damage was evaluated with mitochondria membrane potential measurement and transmission electron microscopy. Potential impacts of PM exposure to PPAR alpha signaling were detected with co-immunoprecipitation and western blotting. The results indicated that exposure to ambient PM exposure induced cardiotoxicity in C57/B6 mice, including altered cardiac functional parameters and morphology. Cardiac mitochondria damage is detected, in the form of compromised mitochondria membrane potential and morphology. Molecular investigations revealed disruption of PPAR alpha interaction with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1A (PGC-1a) as well as altered expression levels of PPAR alpha downstream genes. Co-treatment with WY 14,643 alleviated the observed toxicities, while co-treatment with GW 6471 had mixed results, exaggerating most cardiotoxicity and mitochondrial damage endpoints but alleviating some cardiac functional parameters. Interestingly, WY 14,643 and GW 6471 co-treatment seemed to exhibit similar regulative effects towards PPAR alpha signaling in animals exposed to PM. In conclusion, ambient PM exposure indeed induced cardiotoxicity in C57/B6 mice, in which cardiac mitochondria damage and disrupted PPAR alpha signaling are contributors.
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- Qixiao Jiang
- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
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Years of Life Lost (YLL) Due to Short-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182111467. [PMID: 34769981 PMCID: PMC8582650 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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(1) Background: Years of life lost (YLL) as a surrogate of health is important for supporting ambient air pollution related policy decisions. However, there has been little comprehensive evaluation of the short-term impact of air pollution on cause-specific YLL, especially in China. Hence in this study, we selected China as sentinel region in order to conduct a meta-analysis to evaluate disease-specific YLL due to all the main ambient air pollutants. (2) Methods: A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate disease-specific YLL due to the main ambient air pollutants in China, and 19 studies were included. We conducted methodological quality and risk of bias assessment for each included study as well as for heterogeneity and publication bias. Subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis were also performed. (3) Results: Meta-analysis indicated that increases in PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2 were associated with 1.99–5.84 years increase in YLL from non-accidental diseases. The increase in YLL to cardiovascular disease (CVD) was associated with PM10 and NO2, and the increase in YLL to respiratory diseases (RD) was associated with PM10. (4) Conclusions: Ambient air pollution was observed to be associated with several cause-specific YLL, increasing especially for elderly people and females.
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Leili M, Nadali A, Karami M, Bahrami A, Afkhami A. Short-term effect of multi-pollutant air quality indexes and PM 2.5 on cardiovascular hospitalization in Hamadan, Iran: a time-series analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:53653-53667. [PMID: 34036506 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14386-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Air pollutants are the most important environmental factors that contributed to cardiovascular disease (CVD). The present study aimed to investigate the number of hospitalization due to heart failure (HF) and myocardial infarction (MI) following the air pollutant exposure using a time-series regression analysis with a distributed lag model in Hamadan, Iran (2015-2019). A total of 2091 cases of CVD were registered. Based on the findings, the highest health effects on HF hospitalization were observed with air quality health index (AQHI) at lag 9 (RR = 1.043, 95% CI 0.991-1.098), and air quality index (AQI) at lags 2, 7, and 9 (RR = 1.001, 95% CI 0.998-1.002), for an increase in 1 unit of the indexes, and with PM2.5 at lag 0 (RR = 1.001, 95% CI 0.996-1.004) for 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 levels. The highest health effects on MI hospitalization were calculated with AQHI at lag 10 (RR = 1.059, 95% CI 1.001-1.121) and AQI at lags 1 and 2 (RR = 1.001, 95% CI 0.998-1.002), for an increase in 1 unit of the indexes, and with PM2.5 at lag 8 (RR = 1.002, 95% CI 0.997-1.005) for 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 levels. According to a seasonal classification, results showed that hospitalization in the warm season was higher than that of the cold season. Based on our knowledge, the current study is the first study that investigated the effect of air quality indexes on hospitalization due to HF and MI in Iran. Findings can provide basic information to plan preventive measures for reducing exposure chance and hospitalization rate in high-risk people.
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- Mostafa Leili
- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Fahmideh Av, Hamadan, 65174, Iran
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Liu Y, Pan J, Fan C, Xu R, Wang Y, Xu C, Xie S, Zhang H, Cui X, Peng Z, Shi C, Zhang Y, Sun H, Zhou Y, Zhang L. Short-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Mortality From Myocardial Infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77:271-281. [PMID: 33478650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been linked to occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI); however, only a limited number of studies investigated its association with death from MI, and the results remain inconsistent. OBJECTIVES This study sought to investigate the association of short-term exposure to air pollution across a wide range of concentrations with MI mortality. METHODS A time-stratified case-crossover study was conducted to investigate 151,608 MI death cases in Hubei province (China) from 2013 to 2018. Based on each case's home address, exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm (PM2.5), particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ≤10 μm (PM10), sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide, and ozone on each of the case and control days was assessed as the inverse distance-weighted average concentration at neighboring air quality monitoring stations. Conditional logistic regression models were implemented to quantify exposure-response associations. RESULTS Exposure to PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 (mean exposure on the same day of death and 1 day prior) was significantly associated with increased odds of MI mortality. The odds associated with PM2.5 and PM10 exposures increased steeply before a breakpoint (PM2.5, 33.3 μg/m3; PM10, 57.3 μg/m3) and flattened out at higher exposure levels, while the association for NO2 exposure was almost linear. Each 10-μg/m3 increase in exposure to PM2.5 (<33.3 μg/m3), PM10 (<57.3 μg/m3), and NO2 was significantly associated with a 4.14% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.25% to 7.12%), 2.67% (95% CI: 0.80% to 4.57%), and 1.46% (95% CI: 0.76% to 2.17%) increase in odds of MI mortality, respectively. The association between NO2 exposure and MI mortality was significantly stronger in older adults. CONCLUSIONS Short-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 was associated with increased risk of MI mortality.
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- Yuewei Liu
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Health Surveillance, Analysis and Protection, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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- Meteorological Data Laboratory, National Meteorological Information Center, Beijing, China
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- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Environmental and Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China.
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Cheng J, Ho HC, Webster C, Su H, Pan H, Zheng H, Xu Z. Lower-than-standard particulate matter air pollution reduced life expectancy in Hong Kong: A time-series analysis of 8.5 million years of life lost. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 272:129926. [PMID: 33607490 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Increasing studies reported increased mortality risk associated with exposure to lower-than-standard air pollution. This study aimed to investigate mortality burden and life expectancy loss due to lower-than-standard particulate matter air pollution in Hong Kong, China. METHODS We obtained 17-year (2000-2016) daily time-series data on mortality, particulate matters with aerodynamic diameters <2.5 μm (PM2.5) and <10 μm (PM10). We applied a distributed lag non-linear model to fit the association of years of life lost (YLL) with PM2.5 and PM10. Total YLL attributable to PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations below ambient air quality standards were estimated. RESULTS We estimated 5.2% of total YLL due to PM2.5, of which, 33.5%, 52.8% and 94.5% occurred in concentrations not exceeding the criterion of WHO, the USA, and China, corresponding to 0.3, 0.4 and 0.7 years loss in life expectancy, respectively. There was 6.9% (annual 34434.4 YLL) of total YLL due to PM10, of which, 50.7%, 50.7%, 99.5% and 99.5% occurred in concentrations below the criterion of WHO, Europe, the USA, and China, which corresponded to 0.5, 0.5, 1 and 1 year loss in life expectancy, respectively. Assuming that PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations had met stricter standards, more gains in life expectancy could be expected in women than in men, in people aged up to 64 years than those of 65 years or older, and in those with respiratory disease than those with cardiovascular disease. CONCLUSIONS Exposure to lower-than-standard particulate matters air pollution could shorten life expectancy and incur massive mortality burden in Hong Kong.
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- Jian Cheng
- School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Disease, Hefei, China
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- Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Healthy High Density Cities Lab, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Disease, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Disease, Hefei, China
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- Department of Environmental Health, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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Vilcassim MJR, Callahan AE, Zierold KM. Travelling to polluted cities: a systematic review on the harm of air pollution on international travellers' health. J Travel Med 2021; 28:6210993. [PMID: 33823002 DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taab055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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RATIONALE FOR REVIEW In 2019, approximately, 1.4 billion people travelled internationally. Many individuals travel to megacities where air pollution concentrations can vary significantly. Short-term exposure to air pollutants can cause morbidity and mortality related to cardiovascular and respiratory disease, with the literature clearly reporting a strong association between short-term exposure to particulate matter ≤2.5 μm and ozone with adverse health outcomes in resident populations. However, limited research has been conducted on the health impacts of short-term exposure to air pollution in individuals who travel internationally. The objective of this systematic review was to review the evidence for the respiratory and cardiovascular health impacts from exposure to air pollution during international travel to polluted cities in adults aged ≥18 years old. KEY FINDINGS We searched PubMed, Scopus and EMBASE for studies related to air pollution and the health impacts on international travellers. Of the initially identified 115 articles that fit the search criteria, 6 articles were selected for the final review. All six studies found indications of adverse health impacts of air pollution exposure on international travellers, with most of the changes being reversible upon return to their home country/city. However, none of these studies contained large populations nor investigated vulnerable populations, such as children, elderly or those with pre-existing conditions. CONCLUSIONS More research is warranted to clearly understand the impacts of air pollution related changes on travellers' health, especially on vulnerable groups who may be at higher risk of adverse impacts during travel to polluted cities.
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- M J Ruzmyn Vilcassim
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Zhou YM, Fan YN, Yao CY, Xu C, Liu XL, Li X, Xie WJ, Chen Z, Jia XY, Xia TT, Li YF, Ji AL, Cai TJ. Association between short-term ambient air pollution and outpatient visits of anxiety: A hospital-based study in northwestern China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 197:111071. [PMID: 33798515 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Anxiety, a common and devastating mental disorder, has raised widespread interests. The impacts of air pollution on physical health are well known, whereas few studies have explored the association of atmospheric pollution, especially short-term air pollution exposure, with the risk of anxiety disorders. In addition, there are increasing concerns in emerging evidence supporting a possible etiological link. Therefore, our aim was to evaluate the relationship between short-term exposure to atmospheric pollutants and anxiety outpatient visits in Xi'an, a city of northwestern China and a metropolis with relatively heavy air pollution. We collected the data of both daily outpatient visits and daily air pollution (SO2, NO2, and PM10) between January 1, 2010 and January 31, 2016 (2222 days). To clarify the association between short-term ambient atmospheric pollution exposure and anxiety outpatient visits, an over-dispersed Poisson generalized additive model was applied by adjusting the day of the week and weather conditions (including temperature, humidity, sunlight hours, and rainfalls). Positive association between gaseous air pollutants (SO2 and NO2) and anxiety daily outpatient visits was observed. Moreover, the largest estimated values of both SO2 and NO2 were evidence at lag 03 (4-day moving average lag), with 10 μg/m3 increase corresponded to the increase of outpatient anxiety visits at 4.11% (95% CI: 2.15%, 6.06%) for SO2 and 3.97% (95% CI: 1.90%, 6.06%) for NO2. However, there was no differences in susceptibility to air pollutants between different genders as well as different ages. Taken together, short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants, especially gaseous air pollutants (NO2 and SO2), can be related to higher risk of anxiety outpatient visits.
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- Yu-Meng Zhou
- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Medical Record Room of Information Department, Second Affiliated Hospital, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi'an, 710038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China; Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China; Department of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400042, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine & Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, 401331, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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Zhou YM, An SJ, Tang EJ, Xu C, Cao Y, Liu XL, Yao CY, Xiao H, Zhang Q, Liu F, Li YF, Ji AL, Cai TJ. Association between short-term ambient air pollution exposure and depression outpatient visits in cold seasons: a time-series analysis in northwestern China. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2021; 84:389-398. [PMID: 33622183 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2021.1880507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Depression is known to be one of the most common mental disorders raising global concerns. However, evidence regarding the association between short-term air pollution exposure and risk of development of depression is limited. The aim of this was to assess the relationship between short-term ambient air pollution exposure and depression in outpatient visits in Xi'an, a northwestern Chinese metropolis. Data for air pollutants including particulate matter (PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels from October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2013 and number of daily depression outpatient visits (92,387 in total) were collected. A time-series quasi-Poisson regression model was adopted to determine the association between short-term air pollutant concentrations and frequency of outpatient visits for depression with different lag models. Consequently, 10 μg/m3 increase of SO2 and NO2 levels corresponded to significant elevation in number of outpatient-visits for depression on concurrent days (lag 0), and this relationship appeared stronger in cool seasons (October to March). However, the association of PM10 was only significant in males aged 30-50 at lag 0. Evidence indicated that short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants especially in cool seasons might be associated with increased risk of outpatient visits for depression.
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- Yu-Meng Zhou
- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Medical Department, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi'an, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi'an, China
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- Department of Health Economics Management, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine & Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine & Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine & Chongqing Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
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Jaafari J, Naddafi K, Yunesian M, Nabizadeh R, Hassanvand MS, Shamsipour M, Ghanbari Ghozikali M, Nazmara S, Shamsollahi HR, Yaghmaeian K. Associations between short term exposure to ambient particulate matter from dust storm and anthropogenic sources and inflammatory biomarkers in healthy young adults. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 761:144503. [PMID: 33352344 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This study examined the association between particulate matter from anthropogenic and natural sources and inflammatory biomarkers, including hs-CRP, IL-6, sTNF-RII, and WBCs, in two groups of healthy young subjects. We followed up subjects of two panels (16 to 22 years old), including 22 subjects selected from the urban area (Tehran city) with high-level pollution background and 22 subjects selected from the rural area (Ahmadabad) with low-level pollution background. In each group, we collected 4 times blood samples in various air pollution conditions, In the subjects of the urban group, there was a substantial difference (p < 0.05) between inversion days and cold season control days, and between dust storm days and warm season control days for concentrations of hs-CRP, IL-6, and WBCs biomarkers. In the subjects of the rural group, a significant difference could be detected in the concentration of hs-CRP, IL-6, and WBCs biomarkers (p < 0.05) between inversion days and cold season control days, and between dust storm and warm control days. We found that the difference in concentrations of hs-CRP, IL-6, and WBCs biomarkers between dust storm days and warm control conditions in the rural group were higher than the difference in inversion and cold control conditions, which can be attributed to low background air pollution in the rural area. In the urban area, the health effect of anthropogenic sources of PM is higher than the dust storm condition, which can be attributed to the stronger effect of anthropogenic pollution effect.
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- Jalil Jaafari
- Research Center of Health and Environment, School of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran; Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Sánchez-Balseca J, Pérez-Foguet A. Influence of atmospheric parameters on human mortality data at different geographical levels. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 759:144186. [PMID: 33340863 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Human mortality data are often modeled using a demographic approach as a function of time. This approach does not present an adequate fit model for the number of deaths with great variability. For this reason, additional information (social, economic and environmental) is required for complementing and improving demographic modelling. This article evaluated the association between human mortality data (segregated by age and sex) with meteorological and air pollutant covariates at three geographical levels: country, macro-climate regions and county. The modelling was based on a generalized linear modelling framework and takes into account the common characteristic of overdispersion in human mortality data through the application of negative binomial distribution. The proposed approach improved the dynamic behavior of the Farrington-like model (basic demographic model) and took into account the extreme meteorological and natural air pollution events. Notably, the proposed modelling worked well in cases where the amount of data was scarce.
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- Joseph Sánchez-Balseca
- Research group on Engineering Sciences and Global Development (EScGD), Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain.
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- Research group on Engineering Sciences and Global Development (EScGD), Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain.
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Qi J, Chen Q, Ruan Z, Qian ZM, Yin P, Liu Y, Liu J, Wang C, Yang Y, McMillin SE, Vaughn MG, Wang L, Lin H. Improvement in life expectancy for ischemic heart diseases by achieving daily ambient PM 2.5 standards in China. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2021; 193:110512. [PMID: 33242488 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The potential impacts of daily ambient fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) exposure on year of life lost (YLL) due to ischemic heart diseases (IHD) remain uncertain. We aimed to estimate the improvement in IHD-related life expectancy by attaining the daily air quality standards of ambient PM2.5 in China. METHODS AND RESULTS This study was based on daily mortality data covering 96 Chinese cities from 2013 to 2016. Regional- and national-associations between IHD-related YLLs and daily PM2.5 were estimated by generalized additive models. We further evaluated the IHD-related avoidable YLLs with an assumption that the daily PM2.5 was below the ambient air quality standards of World Health Organization (WHO) and China, and calculated the improvement of life expectancy by dividing the avoidable YLLs by the overall number of IHD mortality. We totally recorded 1,485,140 IHD deaths from 2013 to 2016. At the national level, we found a positive association between IHD-related YLLs and daily PM2.5. Per 10 μg/m3 increment of four-day averaged ambient PM2.5 related to an increase of 0.40 IHD-related YLLs (95% CI: 0.28, 0.51). By achieving the WHO's air quality guideline, we estimated that an averaged number of 1346.94 (95% CI: 932.61, 1761.27) YLLs can be avoided for the IHD deaths in each city. On average, the life expectancy can be improved by 0.15 years (95% CI: 0.11, 0.19) for each death. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides a nationwide picture of the life expectancy improvements by reaching the daily PM2.5 standards in China, indicating that people can live longer in an environment with higher air quality.
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- Jinlei Qi
- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China; Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510120, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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- School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100050, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China.
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Li J, Zhang X, Li G, Wang L, Yin P, Zhou M. Short-term effects of ambient nitrogen dioxide on years of life lost in 48 major Chinese cities, 2013-2017. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:127887. [PMID: 32835970 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evidence on the acute effect of short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on years of life lost (YLL) is rare, especially in multicity setting. METHODS We conducted a time series study among 48 major Chinese cities covering more than 403 million people from 2013 to 2017. The relative percentage changes of NO2-YLL were estimated by generalized additive models in each city, then were pooled to generate average effects using random-effect models. In addition, stratified analyses by individual demographic factors and temperature as well as meta-regression analyses incorporating city-specific air pollutant concentrations, meteorological conditions, and socioeconomic indicators were performed to explore potential effect modification. RESULTS A 10 μg/m3 increase in two-day moving average (lag01) NO2 concentration was associated with 0.64% (95% CI: 0.47%, 0.81%), 0.47% (95% CI: 0.27%, 0.68%), and 0.68% (95% CI: 0.34%, 1.02%) relative increments in YLL due to nonaccidental causes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and respiratory diseases (RD), respectively. These associations were generally robust to the adjustment of co-pollutants, except for NO2-CVD that might be confounded by fine particulate matter. The increased YLL induced by NO2 were more pronounced in elderly people, hotter days, and cities characterized by less severe air pollution or higher temperature. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrated robust evidence on the associations between NO2 exposure and YLL due to nonaccidental causes, CVD, and RD, which provided novel evidence to better understand the disease burden related to NO2 pollution and to facilitate allocation of health resources targeting high-risk subpopulation.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Ribeiro MH, Grossi A, Caixeta A, Franken M, Katz M, Seleme V, Ribeiro E, Pesaro AE, Fabri J, Mehta S, Campos CM. Cluster of climatic and pollutant characteristics increases admissions for acute myocardial infarction: Analysis of 30,423 patients in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo. Heart Lung 2020; 50:161-165. [PMID: 33227571 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2020.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND The impact of simultaneous adverse climate conditions in the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) was not tested before. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of the combination of climate and air pollution features in the number of admissions and mortality due to acute myocardial infarction in 39 municipalities of São Paulo from 2012 to 2015. METHODS Data about MI admissions were obtained from the Brazilian public health system (DataSUS). Daily information on weather were accessed from the Meteorological Database for Teaching and Research. Additionally, daily information on air pollution were obtained from the Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo. A hierarchical cluster analysis was applied for temperature, rainfall patterns, relative air humidity, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter 2.5 and particulate matter 10. MI admissions and in-hospital mortality were compared among the clusters. RESULTS Data analysis produced 3 clusters: High temperature variation-Low humidity-high pollution (n=218 days); Intermediate temperature variation/high humidity/intermediate pollution (n=751 days) and low temperature variation/intermediate humidity-low pollution (n=123 days). All environmental variables were significantly different among clusters. The combination of high temperature variation, dry weather and high pollution resulted in a significant 9% increase in hospital admissions for MI [30.5 (IQR 25.0-36.0)]; patients/day; P<0.01). The differences in weather and pollution did not have impact on in-hospital mortality (P=0.88). CONCLUSION The combination of atmospheric conditions with high temperature variation, lower temperature, dryer weather and increased inhalable particles was associated with a marked increase of hospital admissions due to MI.
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- Marcelo H Ribeiro
- Heart Institute (InCor) - University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil; SOS Cárdio Hospital, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) - University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 672/701, Morumbi, SP, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 672/701, Morumbi, SP, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Av. Albert Einstein, 672/701, Morumbi, SP, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) - University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) - University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Heart Institute (InCor) - University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil; Insituto Prevent Senior, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Li J, Zhang X, Yin P, Wang L, Zhou M. Ambient fine particulate matter pollution and years of life lost from cardiovascular diseases in 48 large Chinese cities: Association, effect modification, and additional life gain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 735:139413. [PMID: 32480149 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Existing evidence on the associations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and years of life lost (YLL) from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is limited and inconclusive, and the role of potential modifiers, especially those at city-level, is not fully understood. In this study, a time-series study was conducted in 48 large Chinese cities from 2013 to 2017. Generalized additive model coupled with random effects model were used to estimate national-average associations of PM2.5 with YLL. Effect modification by individual- and city-level characteristics obtained by linking with China Chronic Disease and Risk Factors Surveillance was explored. Moreover, additional life gain was evaluated under scenario where PM2.5 concentration would be reduced. For 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration at lag01 day, the relative increment of YLL was 0.22% from CVD, 0.20% from ischemic heart disease, 0.26% from stroke, 0.23% from hemorrhagic stroke, and 0.31% from ischemic stroke. Some associations were stronger in elder and less educated people, warm season, as well as cities characterized by higher temperature and prevalence of binge drinking and excess red meat intake, or lower PM2.5 and prevalence of usual exercise. Additional life gain attributable to avoidable YLL from CVD was estimated to be 0.08 year if PM2.5 concentration could fall to the standard recommended by World Health Organization (25 μg/m3). This large epidemiological investigation demonstrated robust evidence of short-term associations between PM2.5 exposure and YLL from CVD. Potential modifiers should be considered to develop efficient intervention strategies. Implementation of more stringent standard is beneficial to alleviate YLL caused by PM2.5.
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- Jie Li
- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Li J, Yin P, Wang L, Zhang X, Liu J, Liu Y, Zhou M. Ambient ozone pollution and years of life lost: Association, effect modification, and additional life gain from a nationwide analysis in China. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2020; 141:105771. [PMID: 32402982 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ozone is one of the dominant air pollutants due to its impact on disease burden and increasing trend in concentration. However, evidence regarding short-term effect of ozone on years of life lost (YLL) is scarce. METHODS A national time-series study was conducted in 48 large Chinese cities from 2013 to 2017. Generalized additive model coupled with random effects model were used to estimate national-average associations of ozone with YLL. Potential modifiers and additional life gain due to avoidable YLL under certain scenario were also evaluated. RESULTS The average annual mean ozone concentration of these cities was 86.9 μg/m3. For 10 μg/m3 increase in 3-day moving average ozone concentration, we estimated 0.37% [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.29%, 0.46%] increase in YLL from nonaccidental causes, 0.38% (95% CI: 0.30%, 0.46%) increase in YLL from cardiovascular diseases, and 0.36% (95% CI: 0.16%, 0.56%) increase in YLL from respiratory diseases. Moreover, the associations were more evident in people with less education and in cities with lower carbon monoxide concentration or those located at north region with lower mean temperature. Finally, an estimated life of 0.055 (95% CI: 0.043, 0.068) years would be gained per deceased people if ozone concentration could fall to 100 μg/m3. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicated robust associations between short-term exposure to ozone and YLL from nonaccidental causes and cardiopulmonary diseases. Relevant intervention design should take the heterogeneity of both individual- and city-level characteristics into account. Implementation of more stringent standard is beneficial for alleviating YLL caused by ozone.
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- Jie Li
- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
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Wang J, Lu M, An Z, Jiang J, Li J, Wang Y, Du S, Zhang X, Zhou H, Cui J, Wu W, Liu Y, Song J. Associations between air pollution and outpatient visits for allergic rhinitis in Xinxiang, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:23565-23574. [PMID: 32291645 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08709-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Several epidemiological studies have investigated the adverse health effects of air pollution, but studies reporting its effects on allergic rhinitis (AR) are limited, especially in developing countries having the most severe pollution. Limited studies have been conducted in China, but their results were inconsistent. So, we conducted a time-series study to evaluate the acute effect of six air pollutants (fine particulate matter [PM2.5], particulate matter with diameter less than 10 μm [PM10], sulfur dioxide [SO2], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], ozone [O3], and carbon monoxide [CO]) on hospital outpatient visits for AR in Xinxiang, China from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2018. An over-dispersed Poisson generalized additive model adjusting for weather conditions, long-term trends, and day of the week was used. In total, 14,965 AR outpatient records were collected during the study period. Results found that each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, O3, and CO corresponded to 0.70% (95% confidence interval 0.00-1.41%), 0.79% (0.35-1.23%), 3.43% (1.47-5.39%), 4.54% (3.01-6.08%), 0.97% (- 0.11-2.05%), and 0.07% (0.02-0.12%) increments in AR outpatients on the current day, respectively. In the stratification analyses, statistically stronger associations were observed with PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and CO for AR outpatients < 15 years of age than in those 15-65 and ≥ 65 years of age, whereas the opposite result was found with O3. Associations between PM10, SO2, NO2, O3, and AR outpatients were higher in the warm season than those in the cool season. This study suggests that exposure to PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, and CO was associated with increased AR risk and children younger than 15 years might be more vulnerable.
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- Jingyao Wang
- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Air Pollution Health Effects and Intervention, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Air Pollution Health Effects and Intervention, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Air Pollution Health Effects and Intervention, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- Xinxiang First People's Hospital, Xinxiang, 453000, China
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- Xinxiang Second People's Hospital, Xinxiang, 453002, China
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- Xinxiang First People's Hospital, Xinxiang, 453000, China
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- Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Air Pollution Health Effects and Intervention, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China.
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- School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China.
- Henan International Collaborative Laboratory for Air Pollution Health Effects and Intervention, Xinxiang, 453003, China.
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Cheng M, Wang B, Yang M, Ma J, Ye Z, Xie L, Zhou M, Chen W. microRNAs expression in relation to particulate matter exposure: A systematic review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 260:113961. [PMID: 32006883 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, non-coding RNAs with a post-transcriptional regulatory function on gene expression and cell processes, including proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation. In recent decades, miRNAs have attracted increasing interest to explore the role of epigenetics in response to air pollution. Air pollution, which always contains kinds of particulate matters, are able to reach respiratory tract and blood circulation and then causing epigenetics changes. In addition, extensive studies have illustrated that miRNAs serve as a bridge between particulate matter exposure and health-related effects, like inflammatory cytokines, blood pressure, vascular condition and lung function. The purpose of this review is to summarize the present knowledge about the expression of miRNAs in response to particulate matter exposure. Epidemiological and experimental studies were reviewed in two parts according to the size and source of particles. In this review, we also discussed various functions of the altered miRNAs and predicted potential biological mechanism participated in particulate matter-induced health effects. More rigorous studies are worth conducting to understand contribution of particulate matter on miRNAs alteration and the etiology between environmental exposure and disease development.
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- Man Cheng
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health (Incubating), School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Ma P, Wang S, Zhou J, Li T, Fan X, Fan J, Wang S. Meteorological rhythms of respiratory and circulatory diseases revealed by Harmonic Analysis. Heliyon 2020; 6:e04034. [PMID: 32509988 PMCID: PMC7264065 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The intricately fluctuating onset of respiratory and circulatory diseases displays rhythms of multi-scaled meteorological conditions due to their sensitivity to weather changes. The intrinsic meteorological rhythms of these diseases are revealed in this bio-meteorological study via Fourier decomposition and harmonic analysis. Daily emergency room (ER) visit data for respiratory and circulatory diseases from three comprehensive hospitals in Haidian district of Beijing, China were used in the analysis. Meteorological data included three temperature metrics, relative humidity, sunshine duration, daily mean air pressure, and wind speed. The Fourier decomposition and harmonic analysis on ER visits and meteorological variables involve frequency, period, and power of all harmonics. The results indicated that: i) for respiratory morbidity, a strong climatic annual rhythm responding to annual temperature change was firstly revealed; its ratio of spectral density was 16-33%. Moreover, significant correlations existed between the high-frequency fluctuations (<30 d) of morbidity and short-term harmonics of humidity and solar duration. High-frequency harmonics of temperature and pressure showed no statistically significant effect. ii) With regard to all types of circulatory morbidity, their annual periodicity was weaker than that of respiratory diseases, whose harmonic energy took a ratio less than 8%. Besides, the power of all high-frequency harmonics of circulatory morbidity accounted for up to 70-90% in the original sequences, and their relationship to many short-term meteorological factors were significant, including the mean and maximum temperatures, wind speed, and solar duration. iii) The weekly rhythm appeared in respiratory ER visits with 15% of harmonic variance but not prominent in circulatory morbidity. In summary, by decomposing the sequence of respiratory and circulatory diseases as well as recognizing their meteorological rhythms, different responses to meteorological conditions on various time scales were identified.
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- Pan Ma
- Institute of Environmental Meteorology and Health, College of Atmospheric Science, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China
- College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Environmental Meteorology and Health, College of Atmospheric Science, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Meteorology and Health, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
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- Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, 42101, USA
- College of Electronic Engineering, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Environmental Meteorology and Health, College of Atmospheric Science, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Environmental Meteorology and Health, College of Atmospheric Science, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, Sichuan, China
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Wang C, Hao L, Liu C, Chen R, Wang W, Chen Y, Yang Y, Meng X, Fu Q, Ying Z, Kan H. Associations between fine particulate matter constituents and daily cardiovascular mortality in Shanghai, China. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 191:110154. [PMID: 31954217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Limited evidence is available for the associations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) constituents and daily cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in China. In present study, a time-series analysis was conducted to evaluate the associations of PM2.5 constituents (two carbonaceous fractions, eight water-soluble inorganic ions and fifteen elements) with daily CVD mortality in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China, from 2014 to 2016. Results showed that the effect estimates for the associations of PM2.5 and its constituents with CVD mortality were generally strongest when using the exposures of the previous two day concentrations. The associations of organic carbon, sulfate, ammonia, potassium, copper, arsenic, and lead with daily CVD mortality were robust to the adjustment of PM2.5 total mass, their collinearity with PM2.5 total mass, and criteria gaseous air pollutants. An interquartile range increase in the previous two day concentrations of PM2.5, organic carbon, sulfate, ammonia, potassium, copper, arsenic, and lead were associated with significant increments of 2.21% (95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 0.54%, 3.88%), 2.83% (95% CIs: 1.16%, 4.50%), 1.90% (95% CIs: 0.35%, 3.45%), 2.29% (95% CIs: 0.80%, 3.77%), 0.94% (95% CIs: 0.13%, 1.75%), 1.53% (95% CIs: 0.37%, 2.69%), 2.08% (95% CIs: 0.49%, 3.68%) and 1.98% (95% CIs: 0.49%, 3.47%) in daily CVD mortality, respectively, in single-pollutant models. In conclusion, this study suggested that organic carbon, sulfate, ammonia, potassium, copper, arsenic, and lead might be mainly responsible for the associations between short-term PM2.5 exposures and increased CVD mortality in Shanghai, China.
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- Cuiping Wang
- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Shanghai Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fudan University Pudong Institute of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai, 200136, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Shanghai Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fudan University Pudong Institute of Preventive Medicine, Shanghai, 200136, China
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- Beijing No.171 High School, Beijing, 100013, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center, Shanghai, 200235, China.
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- Department of Medicine Cardiology Division, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 20 Penn St. HSFII S005, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and NHC Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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Chen D, Mayvaneh F, Baaghideh M, Entezari A, Ho HC, Xiang Q, Jiao A, Zhang F, Hu K, Chen G, Zhao Q, Sun S, Zhang Y. Utilizing daily excessive concentration hours to estimate cardiovascular mortality and years of life lost attributable to fine particulate matter in Tehran, Iran. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 703:134909. [PMID: 31757557 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 09/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Evidence for associations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Iran is scarce. Given large within-day variations of PM2.5 concentration, using the daily mean of PM2.5 (PM2.5mean) as exposure metric might bias the health-related assessment. This study applied a novel indicator, daily excessive concentration hours (DECH), to evaluate the effect of ambient PM2.5 on CVD mortality and years of life lost (YLL) in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. METHODS Hourly concentration data for PM2.5, daily information for meteorology and records of registered cardiovascular deaths from 2012 to 2016 were obtained from Tehran, Iran. Daily excessive concentration hours of PM2.5 (PM2.5DECH) was defined as daily total concentration-hours exceeding 35 μg/m3. Using a time-series design, we applied generalized linear models to assess the attributable effects of PM2.5DECH and PM2.5mean on CVD mortality and YLL. RESULTS For an interquartile range (IQR) rise in PM2.5DECH, total CVD mortality at lag 0-10 days and YLL at lag 0-8 days increased 2.26% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.85-3.69%) and 23.24 (6.07-40.42) person years, respectively. Corresponding increases were 3.45% (1.44-5.49%) and 35.21 (10.85-59.58) person years for an IQR rise in PM2.5mean. Significant associations between PM2.5 pollution (i.e., PM2.5mean and PM2.5DECH) and cause-specific cardiovascular health (i.e., mortality and YLL) were only identified in stroke. Subgroup analyses showed that male and people aged 0-64 years suffered more from PM2.5 pollution. Furthermore, we attributed a greater CVD burden to PM2.5DECH (1.67% for mortality and 2.67% for YLL) than PM2.5mean (0.63% for mortality and 0.70% for YLL) during the study period. CONCLUSIONS This study strengthened the evidence for the aggravated CVD mortality burden associated with short-term exposure to PM2.5. Our findings also suggested that PM2.5DECH might be a potential alternative indicator of exposure assessment in PM2.5-related health investigations.
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- Dieyi Chen
- Department of Global Health, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617916487, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
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- Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617916487, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
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- Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617916487, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
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- Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Precision Health and Data Science, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Global Health, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China; Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Occupational Hazard Identification and Control, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China.
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Rhee J, Han E, Nam KJ, Lim KH, Chan Rah Y, Park S, Koun S, Park HC, Choi J. Assessment of hair cell damage and developmental toxicity after fine particulate matter 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) exposure using zebrafish (Danio rerio) models. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019; 126:109611. [PMID: 31374386 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Particulate matter (PM) exposure has become one of the most serious problems. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the hair cell damage and possible developmental toxicity caused by PM2.5 exposure using a zebrafish model. METHODS Zebrafish embryos were exposed to various concentrations of PM2.5. Developmental toxicity was evaluated based on general morphology score (GMS) system and Panzica-Kelly score, and by measurement of body length and heart rate. To evaluate hair cell damage, the average number of total hair cells within four neuromasts exposed to various concentrations of PM2.5 was compared with that of the control group. RESULTS Morphological abnormalities evaluated by the GMS system and Panzica-Kelly score were rare and body length tended to be shorter in the PM2.5-exposed groups. Heart rate decreased significantly in the PM2.5-exposed group. Additionally, significant hair cell damage was observed after PM2.5 exposure. It was dose-dependent and more severe after a longer period exposure (10 dpf). CONCLUSIONS In zebrafish embryos, exposure of PM2.5 in the early stages of life decreased heart rate and caused significant hair cell damage in a dose-dependent manner.
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- Jihye Rhee
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Veterans Health Service Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Laboratory of Neurodevelopmental Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Biomedical Research Center, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Neurodevelopmental Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Xu X, Chen Z, Huo X, Wang C, Li N, Meng X, Wang Q, Liu Q, Bi P, Li J. The effects of temperature on human mortality in a Chinese city: burden of disease calculation, attributable risk exploration, and vulnerability identification. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2019; 63:1319-1329. [PMID: 31240387 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-019-01746-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Few studies have examined the attributable fraction (AF) of temperature to mortality and Years of Life Lost (YLL), especially in developing countries. This study aims to explore the short-term effect of the cold and hot temperatures on the cause-specific YLL and mortality, discover the attributable contributions from the temperature variations, and identify the vulnerable populations in Weifang, China. Daily registered death information and meteorological data over the period 2010-2016 were obtained in Weifang, a northern Chinese city. Generalized additive Poisson and Gaussian regression models were used to assess the impacts of temperatures on both mortality and YLL, explore the AF of the temperature variations on mortality, after adjusting for other covariates. Both hot and cold temperatures have had significant negative impacts on cause-specific mortality counts and YLL, with heat presented an acute and short effect and the cold temperatures had delayed effects and lasted for several days. In terms of the attributable fraction calculations, the contributions from cold effects was higher than that of hot effects on non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory deaths (YLL 10.88 vs. 1.23%, 19.58 vs. 1.71%, and 14.47 vs. 3.05%; mortality 13.97 vs. 1.65%, 19.20 vs. 1.59%, and 14.89 vs. 3.09%), respectively. The elderly and women and people with low education level were the most vulnerable. The findings will provide important scientific evidences and policy implications for developing adaptation strategies to reduce the adverse effect of cold and hot exposure in Weifang, in terms of resource allocation, healthcare workforce capacity building, and community health education, especially for the vulnerable groups.
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- Xin Xu
- Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Weifang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang, 261061, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Weifang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang, 261061, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Weifang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang, 261061, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- Weifang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang, 261061, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, SA, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Management, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
- "Health Shandong" Major Social Risk Prediction and Governance Collaborative Innovation Center, Weifang, 261053, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China.
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Zuidema C, Stebounova LV, Sousan S, Thomas G, Koehler K, Peters TM. Sources of error and variability in particulate matter sensor network measurements. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE 2019; 16:564-574. [PMID: 31251121 PMCID: PMC6954050 DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2019.1628965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The quality of mass concentration estimates from increasingly popular networks of low-cost particulate matter sensors depends on accurate conversion of sensor output (e.g., voltage) into gravimetric-equivalent mass concentration, typically using a calibration procedure. This study evaluates two important sources of variability that lead to error in estimating gravimetric-equivalent mass concentration: the temporal changes in sensor calibration and the spatial and temporal variability in gravimetric correction factors. A 40-node sensor network was deployed in a heavy vehicle manufacturing facility for 8 months. At a central location in the facility, particulate matter was continuously measured with three sensors of the network and a traditional, higher-cost photometer, determining the calibration slope and intercept needed to translate sensor output to photometric-equivalent mass concentration. Throughout the facility, during three intensive sampling campaigns, respirable mass concentrations were measured with gravimetric samplers and photometers to determine correction factors needed to adjust photometric-equivalent to gravimetric-equivalent mass concentration. Both field-determined sensor calibration slopes and intercepts were statistically different than those estimated in the laboratory (α = 0.05), emphasizing the importance of aerosol properties when converting voltage to photometric-equivalent mass concentration and the need for field calibration to determine slope. Evidence suggested the sensors' weekly field calibration slope decreased and intercept increased, indicating the sensors were deteriorating over time. The mean correction factor in the cutting and shot blasting area (2.9) was substantially and statistically lower than that in the machining and welding area (4.6; p = 0.01). Therefore, different correction factors should be determined near different occupational processes to accurately estimate particle mass concentrations.
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- Christopher Zuidema
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Department of Public Health, East Carolina University/North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Particulate Matter Mortality Rates and Their Modification by Spatial Synoptic Classification. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16111904. [PMID: 31146484 PMCID: PMC6603550 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16111904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Air pollution levels are highly correlated with temperature or humidity, so we investigated the relationship between PM10 and the spatial synoptic classification (SSC) scheme on daily mortality, according to age group and season. Daily death data for 2000-2014 from Seoul, Korea, were acquired, and time-series analysis was applied with respect to season and to each of seven distinct SSC types: dry moderate (DM); dry polar (DP); dry tropical (DT); moist moderate (MM); moist polar (MP); moist tropical (MT); and transition (T). Modification effects were estimated for daily, non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality between PM10 and SSC types. The following SSC-type-specific increased mortalities were observed, by cause of death: non-accidental mortality: DT (1.86%) and MT (1.86%); cardiovascular mortality: DT (2.83%) and MM (3.00%); respiratory mortality: MT (3.78%). Based on simplified weather types, increased PM10 effects in non-accidental mortality rates were observed in dry (1.54%) and moist (2.32%) conditions among those aged 40-59 years and were detected regardless of conditions in other age groups: 60-74 (1.11%), 75-84 (1.55%), and 85+ (1.75%). The effects of particulate air pollution, by SSC, suggest the applicability of SSC to the comparison and understanding of acute effects of daily mortality based on weather type.
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Ran J, Sun S, Yang A, Yang L, Han L, Mason TG, Chan KP, Li J, Tian L. Effects of ambient benzene and toluene on emergency COPD hospitalizations: A time series study in Hong Kong. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 657:28-35. [PMID: 30530216 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although numerous studies have demonstrated that the criteria air pollutants increased the risk of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), few have explored the effects of ambient benzene and toluene on COPD. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of ambient benzene and toluene on emergency COPD (eCOPD) hospitalizations. METHODS We obtained daily mean and maximum concentrations of benzene and toluene during April 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014 from the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, and daily counts of eCOPD hospitalizations from the Hospital Authority. Generalized additive distributed lag models were used to estimate the percentage excess risk (ER%) of eCOPD hospitalizations per interquartile range (IQR) increase in ambient benzene and toluene. RESULTS The ER% estimates of eCOPD hospitalizations post cumulative exposure of up to two days were 2.62% (95%CI: 0.17% to 5.13%) and 1.42% (0.16% to 2.69%), for per IQR increase of daily mean benzene (1.4μg/m3) and toluene (4.6μg/m3), respectively. People below the age of 65 had a significantly higher risk of eCOPD hospitalizations associated with daily maximum toluene than the elderly. CONCLUSIONS Ambient benzene and toluene might be environmental stressors for acute exacerbations of COPD in the Hong Kong population.
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- Jinjun Ran
- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, China.
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Dong L, Sun W, Li F, Shi M, Meng X, Wang C, Meng M, Tang W, Liu H, Wang L, Song L. The harmful effects of acute PM 2.5 exposure to the heart and a novel preventive and therapeutic function of CEOs. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3495. [PMID: 30837634 PMCID: PMC6401085 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40204-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Epidemiological researches have demonstrated the relationship between PM2.5 exposure and increased morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular injury. However, no effective therapeutic method was established. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of acute PM2.5 exposure on the mice heart tissue and explore the therapeutic effects of compound essential oils (CEOs) in this model. In this study, after mice were exposed to PM2.5 intratracheally, some obvious histopathological changes as well as some great alterations of proinflammatory cytokines were observed in the heart tissue. The imbalance of oxidative stress, the altered Ca2+ channel related proteins and the increased intracellular free Ca2+ were all involved in the heart impairment and would also be investigated in this model. The CEOs alleviated the heart impairment via its antioxidant effect rather than its anti-inflammatory function because our results revealed that oxidative stress related indicators were restored after CEOs administration. At the same time, increased concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ and ROS induced by PM2.5 were reduced after NAC (N-Acetyl-L-cysteine) administration. These data suggested that the acute PM2.5 exposure would damage heart tissue by inducing the inflammatory response, oxidative stress and intracellular free Ca2+ overload. PM2.5-induced oxidative stress probably increase intracellular free Ca2+ via RYR2 and SERCA2a. CEOs have the potential to be a novel effective and convenient therapeutic method to prevent and treat the acute heart impairment induced by PM2.5 via its antioxidant function.
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- Lu Dong
- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xinyi People's Hospital, Xinyi, 221400, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116023, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Medical Laboratory, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
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Li J, Liu C, Cheng Y, Guo S, Sun Q, Kan L, Chen R, Kan H, Bai H, Cao J. Association between ambient particulate matter air pollution and ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A case-crossover study in a Chinese city. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 219:724-729. [PMID: 30557729 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 12/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Abundant epidemiological studies have revealed that short-term exposure to ambient air pollution increased the incidence of ischemic heart diseases. However, few investigations have explored the association between air pollution and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), one major subtype of such events. METHODS We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study in two major hospitals of Yancheng, a city in East China, from January 2015 to February 2018. We used conditional logistic regression models to explore the association between hourly concentrations of air pollutants and STEMI hospitalizations. We explored potential effect modification in susceptible subgroups by age, gender, smoking status, and comorbidities. Two-pollutant models were fitted to test the robustness of the association. RESULTS We identified a total of 347 STEMI patients. In single-pollutant models, each 10 μg/m3 increase in concentrations of fine and inhalable particulate matter (PM) (lag 13-24 h) was associated with increments of 5.27% [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09%, 9.46%] and 3.86% (95%CI: 0.83%, 6.88%) in STEMI hospitalizations, respectively. We observed slightly larger associations of STEMI hospitalization with PM in patients who were older than 65, female, non-smoker, and with comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes or hyperlipidemia). The associations were generally robust to adjustment of criteria gaseous pollutants except for carbon monoxide. CONCLUSION This is the first study in China that suggested acute exposure to elevated PM concentrations may trigger STEMI. Patients with cardiometabolic comorbidities were slightly more susceptible to air pollution.
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- Jiading Li
- Department of Cardiology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University and the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Hematology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University. the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University and the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University. the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China
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- UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 50 University Ave Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University. the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University and the First Hospital of Yancheng, Yancheng, 224006, China.
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Sun Q, Liu C, Chen R, Wang C, Li J, Sun J, Kan H, Cao J, Bai H. Association of fine particulate matter on acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Yancheng, China. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 650:1665-1670. [PMID: 30273725 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological evidence on the association between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is limited in China. OBJECTIVES To explore the associations between PM2.5 and AECOPD in Yancheng, China from 2015 to 2017. METHODS In this time-series study, we used a generalized linear model with quasi-Poisson regression to investigate the association between PM2.5 and AECOPD admitted in two major hospitals in Yancheng. We tested the robustness of the associations using two-pollutant models and examined the potential effect modification by age, gender and season via stratification analyses. Lastly, we fitted the concentration-response curves. RESULTS We identified a total of 4761 AECOPD inpatients during the study period. The average daily-mean PM2.5 concentration was 45.2 μg/m3. Each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration on the concurrent day of the onset of AECOPD was associated with a 1.05% (95% confidence interval: 0.14%, 1.96%) increase in AECOPD. The association was robust to the adjustment of ozone, but not to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide. The association was larger in females, elderly patients, and was restricted within the cold season, but all between-group differences were insignificant. The concentration-response relationship curves were generally linear but flatted at concentrations over 40 μg/m3. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated a higher risk of AECOPD associated with present-day PM2.5 exposure in a Chinese city. We further provided important information on lag patterns, susceptible subgroups, sensitive seasons, as well as the characteristics of the concentration-response relationship curves.
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- Qian Sun
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province 224006, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province 224006, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University and the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province 224006, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province 224006, China
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- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, NHC Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Yancheng Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University and the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province 224006, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First People's Hospital of Yancheng, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province 224006, China.
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Qu Y, Pan Y, Niu H, He Y, Li M, Li L, Liu J, Li B. Short-term effects of fine particulate matter on non-accidental and circulatory diseases mortality: A time series study among the elder in Changchun. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209793. [PMID: 30596713 PMCID: PMC6312390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background and objectives Fine particulate matter (PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 μm) has multiple adverse effects on human health, especially on the respiratory and circulatory system. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term effect of PM2.5 on the mortality risk of non-accidental and circulatory diseases, and to explore the potential effect modification by sex, education and death location. Methods We collected daily mortality counts of Changchun (China) residents, daily meteorology and air pollution data, from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2017. We focused on the elderly (≥65 years old) population who died from non-accidental causes and circulatory diseases, and stratified them by sex, education, and death location. A generalized additive Poisson regression model (GAM) was used to analyse the impact of air pollutants on mortality. We fit single pollutant models to examine PM2.5 effects with different lag structures of single-day (distributed lag:lag0-lag3) and multi-day (moving average lag: lag01-lag03). To test the sensitivity of the model, a multi-pollutant model was established when the PM2.5 effect was strongest. Results In the single pollutant models, an increment of PM2.5 by 10 μg/m3 at lag0-3 was associated with a 0.385% (95% CI: 0.069% to 0.702%) increase in daily non-accidental mortality and a 0.442% (95% CI: 0.038% to 0.848%) increase in daily circulatory disease mortality. NO2 (lag1) and O3 (lag0, lag1, lag2, lag01,lag02, lag03) were associated with daily non-accidental death and NO2 (lag1, lag3, lag03) and O3 (lag0, lag1, lag01,lag02, lag03) were associated with daily circulatory disease mortality. In the co-pollutant models, the risk estimates for PM2.5 changed slightly. The excess mortality risk of non-accidental and circulatory diseases was higher for women, people with low education, and died outside hospital. Conclusions We found that short-term exposure to PM2.5 increased the mortality risk of non-accidental and circulatory diseases among the elderly in Changchun. Women, people with low education and died outside hospital are more susceptible to PM2.5. NO2 and O3 were also associated with an increase in mortality from non-accidental and circulatory diseases and the O3 is a high effect.
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Ran J, Qiu H, Sun S, Tian L. Short-term effects of ambient benzene and TEX (toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene combined) on cardiorespiratory mortality in Hong Kong. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2018; 117:91-98. [PMID: 29730534 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Numerous epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated the detrimental effects of the criteria air pollutants on population health, including particulate matters, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide. However, evidence on health effects of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX in short) is insufficient. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to assess the exposure-lag-response relations of ambient BTEX components with cardiorespiratory mortality in Hong Kong population. METHODS Daily BTEX concentrations from April 2011 to December 2014 were collected from the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. Cause-specific mortality records were obtained from the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong. Generalized additive model (GAM) integrated with a distributed lag model (DLM) was used to estimate the excess risks of cardiorespiratory mortality associated with the cumulative exposure to benzene and TEX (toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene combined) over 0-9 lag days, while adjusting for time trend, seasonality, weather conditions and calendar effects. RESULTS We observed the delayed and distributed lag effects of BTEX components on circulatory mortality. The cumulative exposures over 0-9 lag days for IQR increments of benzene (1.4 μg/m3) and TEX (7.9 μg/m3) were associated with 5.8% (95%CI: 1.0% to 10.8%) and 3.5% (95%CI: 1.0% to 6.1%) increases in circulatory mortality, respectively. The effect estimates of benzene and TEX were more delayed than that of PM2.5. We didn't observe any significant association of BTEX exposure on total and respiratory deaths. CONCLUSIONS Short-term elevations in ambient BTEX concentrations may trigger circulatory mortality in Hong Kong population.
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- Jinjun Ran
- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Qu W, Shi S, Sun L, Zhang F, Zhang S, Mu S, Zhao Y, Liu B, Cao X. Construction of a microRNA‑associated feed‑forward loop network that identifies regulators of cardiac hypertrophy and acute myocardial infarction. Int J Mol Med 2018; 42:2062-2070. [PMID: 30066833 PMCID: PMC6108862 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2018.3790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Feed‑forward loops (FFLs) are three‑gene modules that exert significant effects on a series of biological processes and carcinogenesis development. MicroRNA‑associated FFLs (miR‑FFLs) represent a new era in disease research. However, analysis of the miR‑FFL network motifs has yet to be systematically performed, and their potential role in cardiac hypertrophy and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) requires investigation. The present study used a computational method to establish a comprehensive miR‑FFL network for cardiac hypertrophy and AMI, by integrating high‑throughput data from different sources and performing multi‑aspect analysis of the network features. Several heart disease‑associated miR‑FFL motifs were identified that were specific or common to the two diseases investigated. Functional analysis further revealed that miR‑FFL motifs provided specific drug targets for the clinical treatment of cardiac hypertrophy and AMI. Associations between specific drugs associated with heart disease and dysregulated FFLs were also identified. The present study highlighted the components of FFL motifs in cardiac hypertrophy and AMI, and revealed their possibility as heart disease biomarkers and novel treatment targets.
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- Wenbo Qu
- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150006, P.R. China
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Huang J, Pan X, Guo X, Li G. Impacts of air pollution wave on years of life lost: A crucial way to communicate the health risks of air pollution to the public. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2018; 113:42-49. [PMID: 29421406 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 01/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Limited studies have explored the impacts of exposure to sustained high levels of air pollution (air pollution wave) on mortality. Given that the frequency, intensity and duration of air pollution wave has been increasing in highly polluted regions recently, understanding the impacts of air pollution wave is crucial. In this study, air pollution wave was defined as 2 or more consecutive days with air pollution index (API) > 100. The impacts of air pollution wave on years of life lost (YLL) due to non-accidental, cardiovascular and respiratory deaths were evaluated by considering both consecutive days with high levels of air pollution and daily air pollution levels in Tianjin, China, from 2006 to 2011. The results showed the durational effect of consecutive days with high levels of air pollution was substantial in addition to the effect of daily air pollution. For instance, the durational effect was related to an increase in YLL of 116.6 (95% CI: 4.8, 228.5) years from non-accidental deaths when the air pollution wave was sustained for 4 days, while the corresponding daily air pollution's effect was 121.2 (95% CI: 55.2, 187.1) years. A better interpretation of the health risks of air pollution wave is crucial for air pollution control policy making and public health interventions.
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- Jing Huang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China.
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Xue X, Chen J, Sun B, Zhou B, Li X. Temporal trends in respiratory mortality and short-term effects of air pollutants in Shenyang, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:11468-11479. [PMID: 29427268 PMCID: PMC5940718 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1270-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Short-term exposures to air pollution are associated with acute effects on respiratory health. This study aimed to describe 10-year temporal trends in respiratory mortality in the urban areas of Shenyang, China, according to gender and age and estimate the effects of air pollution on respiratory diseases (ICD-10J00-J99) and lung cancer (ICD-10 C33-C34) using a case-crossover design. During the study period 2013-2015, the exposure-response relationship between ambient air pollutants and mortality data was fitted by a quasi-Poisson model. Age-standardized mortality rates for a combined number of respiratory diseases and for lung cancer declined in Shenyang; however, death counts increased with aging. Deaths from respiratory diseases increased by 4.7% (95% CI, 0.00-9.9), and lung cancer mortality increased by 6.5% (95% CI, 1.2-12.0), both associated with a 10 μg/m3 increase in exposure to particulate matter < 2.5 μg in diameter (PM2.5). Moreover, males in Shenyang's urban areas were more susceptible to the acute effects of PM2.5 and SO2 exposure; people aged ≥ 65 years had a high susceptibility to ozone, and those aged < 65 years were more susceptible to other air pollutants. These results provided an updated estimate of the short-term effects of air pollution in Shenyang. Since population aging is also associated with increasing mortality from respiratory diseases and lung cancer, reinforcing air quality control measures and health-promoting behaviors is urgent and necessary in Shenyang.
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- Xiaoxia Xue
- Science Experiment Center, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No.37 Qishan Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang, 110031, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Shenyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No.37 Qishan Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang, 110031, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
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