Hourly Air Pollution Exposure and Emergency Hospital Admissions for Stroke : A Multicenter Case-Crossover Study

BACKGROUND: Daily exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with stroke morbidity and mortality; however, the association between hourly exposure to air pollutants and risk of emergency hospital admissions for stroke and its subtypes remains relatively unexplored.

METHODS: We obtained hourly concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), respirable particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and carbon monoxide (CO) from the China National Environmental Monitoring Center. We conducted a time-stratified case-crossover study among 86 635 emergency hospital admissions for stroke across 10 hospitals in 3 cities (Jinhua, Hangzhou, and Zhoushan) in Zhejiang province, China, between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021. Using a conditional logistic regression combined with a distributed lag linear model, we estimated the association between hourly exposure to multiple air pollutants and risk of emergency hospital admissions for total stroke, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, and undetermined type.

RESULTS: Hourly exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and SO2 was associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for total stroke and ischemic stroke. The associations were most pronounced during the concurrent hour of exposure and lasted for ≈2 hours. We found that the risk was more pronounced among male patients or those aged <65 years old.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and SO2, but not CO and O3, is associated with emergency hospital admissions for total stroke or ischemic stroke shortly after exposure. Implementing targeted pollution emission reduction measures may have significant public health implications in controlling and reducing the burden of stroke.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Stroke - 54(2023), 12 vom: 20. Dez., Seite 3038-3045

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lv, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Wanying [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Kun [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yangchang [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Wangnan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunrong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lufei [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lizhi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shengzhi [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Air Pollutants
Air pollutants
Ischemic stroke
Journal Article
Morbidity
Multicenter Study
Nitrogen Dioxide
Nitrogen oxide
Ozone
Particulate Matter
Particulate matter
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Sulfur Dioxide

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.11.2023

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.044191

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363939598