Wildfire-related PM2.5 and cardiovascular mortality : A difference-in-differences analysis in Brazil

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Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires recently. We aimed to investigate the association of wildfire-related fine particulate matter (PM2.5) with cause-specific cardiovascular mortality, and to estimate the attributable mortality burden. Exposure to wildfire-related PM2.5 was defined as exposure to annual mean wildfire-related PM2.5 concentrations in the 1-year prior to death. The variant difference-in-differences method was employed to explore the wildfire-related PM2.5-cardiovascular mortality association. We found that, in Brazil, compared with the population in the first quartile (Q1: ≤1.82 μg/m3) of wildfire-related PM2.5 exposure, those in the fourth quartile (Q4: 4.22-17.12 μg/m3) of wildfire-related PM2.5 exposure had a 2.2% (RR: 1.022, 95% CI: 1.013-1.032) higher risk for total cardiovascular mortality, 3.1% (RR: 1.031, 95% CI: 1.014-1.048) for ischaemic heart disease mortality, and 2.0% (RR: 1.020, 95% CI: 1.002-1.038) for stroke mortality. From 2010 to 2018, an estimation of 35,847 (95% CI: 22,424-49,177) cardiovascular deaths, representing 17.77 (95% CI: 11.12-24.38) per 100,000 population, were attributable to wildfire-related PM2.5 exposure. Targeted health promotion strategies should be developed for local governments to protect the public from the risk of wildfire-related cardiovascular premature deaths.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:347

Enthalten in:

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) - 347(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 123810

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gao, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wenzhong [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Rongbin [VerfasserIn]
Gasevic, Danijela [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Coêlho, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio [VerfasserIn]
Saldiva, Paulo Hilario Nascimento [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yuming [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Air pollution
Cardiovascular disease
Environmental health
Fine particulate matter
Journal Article
Particulate Matter
Wildfire

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123810

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NLM369835492