Relationship of Time-Activity-Adjusted Particle Number Concentration with Blood Pressure

Emerging evidence suggests long-term exposure to ultrafine particulate matter (UFP, aerodynamic diameter < 0.1 µm) is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. We investigated whether annual average UFP exposure was associated with measured systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), and hypertension prevalence among 409 adults participating in the cross-sectional Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH) study. We used measurements of particle number concentration (PNC, a proxy for UFP) obtained from mobile monitoring campaigns in three near-highway and three urban background areas in and near Boston, Massachusetts to develop PNC regression models (20-m spatial and hourly temporal resolution). Individual modeled estimates were adjusted for time spent in different micro-environments (time-activity-adjusted PNC, TAA-PNC). Mean TAA-PNC was 22,000 particles/cm³ (sd = 6500). In linear models (logistic for hypertension) adjusted for the minimally sufficient set of covariates indicated by a directed acyclic graph (DAG), we found positive, non-significant associations between natural log-transformed TAA-PNC and SBP (β = 5.23, 95%CI: -0.68, 11.14 mmHg), PP (β = 4.27, 95%CI: -0.79, 9.32 mmHg), and hypertension (OR = 1.81, 95%CI: 0.94, 3.48), but not DBP (β = 0.96, 95%CI: -2.08, 4.00 mmHg). Associations were stronger among non-Hispanic white participants and among diabetics in analyses stratified by race/ethnicity and, separately, by health status.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 15(2018), 9 vom: 18. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Corlin, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
Woodin, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Patton, Allison P [VerfasserIn]
Lane, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Durant, John L [VerfasserIn]
Brugge, Doug [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Blood pressure
Directed acyclic graph
Hypertension
Journal Article
Particle number concentration
Particulate Matter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Time-activity adjustment
Traffic-related air pollution
Ultrafine particulate matter

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.01.2019

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph15092036

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288681711