Long-term ambient air pollution and the risk of musculoskeletal diseases : A prospective cohort study

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Evidence of the associations of air pollution and musculoskeletal diseases is inconsistent. This study aimed to examine the associations between air pollutants and the risk of incident musculoskeletal diseases, such as degenerative joint diseases (n = 38,850) and inflammatory arthropathies (n = 20,108). An air pollution score was constructed to assess the combined effect of PM2.5, PM2.5-10, NO2, and NOX. Cox proportional hazard model was applied to assess the relationships between air pollutants and the incidence of each musculoskeletal disease. The air pollution scores exhibited the modest association with an increased risk of osteoporosis (HR = 1.006, 95% CI: 1.002-1.011). Among the individual air pollutants, PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 exhibited the most significant effect on elevated risk of musculoskeletal diseases, such as PM2.5 on osteoporosis (HR = 1.064, 95% CI: 1.020-1.110), PM2.5-10 on inflammatory arthropathies (HR = 1.059, 95% CI: 1.037-1.081). Females were found to have a higher risk of incident musculoskeletal diseases when exposed to air pollutants. Individuals with extreme BMI or lower socioeconomic status had a higher risk of developing musculoskeletal diseases. Our findings reveal that long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants may contribute to an increased risk of musculoskeletal diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:466

Enthalten in:

Journal of hazardous materials - 466(2024) vom: 15. Feb., Seite 133658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheng, Bolun [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Chuyu [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Qingqing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Shiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xuena [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Peilin [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wenming [VerfasserIn]
He, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Yumeng [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Air pollution
Journal Article
Musculoskeletal diseases
Nitrogen Dioxide
Particulate Matter
Prospective cohort
S7G510RUBH
Socioeconomic status

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133658

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36800337X