ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2007
Seasonal variation of effect of air pollution on blood pressure.
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- Seasonal variation in blood pressure: what is still missing?Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
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- Association between long-term exposure to Sulfur dioxide pollution and hypertension incidence in northern China: a 12-year cohort study.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Short-term effects of air pollution on blood pressure.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Relationship between atmospheric pollutants and risk of death caused by cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and malignant tumors in Shenyang, China, from 2013 to 2016: an ecological research.Chinese medical journal · 2019Article
- Air pollution and kidney disease: review of current evidence.Clinical kidney journal · 2019Article
- Neighborhood deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain: the mediating role of the physical environment.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Effects of Environmental Air Pollution on Pulmonary Function Level of Residents in Korean Industrial Complexes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Air Pollution and Other Environmental Modulators of Cardiac Function.Comprehensive Physiology · 2017Review
- Discovery of temporal and disease association patterns in condition-specific hospital utilization rates.PloS one · 2017Article
- Seasonal Variation in Blood Pressure in 162,135 Patients With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Observational
- Differences in Ambient Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Concentrations between Streets and Alleys in New York City: Open Space vs. Semi-Closed Space.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Use of the Adaptive LASSO Method to Identify PM2.5 Components Associated with Blood Pressure in Elderly Men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Blood Pressure and Same-Day Exposure to Air Pollution at School: Associations with Nano-Sized to Coarse PM in Children.Environmental health perspectives · 2015Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and diesel particulate matter exposures and hypertension among individuals of Mexican origin.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2015Article
- Winter Hypertension: Potential mechanisms.International journal of health sciences · 2013Review
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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMany studies have shown a consistent association between ambient air pollution and an increase in death due to cardiovascular causes. An increase in blood pressure is a common risk factor for a variety of cardiovascular diseases. However, the association between air pollution and blood pressure has not been evaluated extensively.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, we measured blood pressure in 10,459 subjects who had a health examination from 2001 to 2003, and calculated individual's exposure to ambient levels of air pollutants. To evaluate the relationship between exposure to air pollutants and blood pressure with respect to season, we performed a multiple regression analysis, separately, according to season, controlling for individual characteristics and meteorological variables.
resultsIn the warm-weather season (July-September), particulate air pollutant of <10 microm (PM(10)) and nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) concentrations were significantly associated with measures of blood pressure. During cold weather (October-December), blood pressure was significantly associated with sulphur dioxide (SO(2)) and ozone (O(3)) concentrations. The significant association between PM(10) or NO(2) and blood pressure disappeared during the cold-weather season.
conclusionWe found a seasonal variation for the association between ambient air-pollutant concentrations and blood pressure.
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