ArticleJournal of environmental and public health2015
Residential exposure to urban traffic is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness in children.
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- Association of Exposure to particular matter and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2015Pooled it
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- Prenatal and childhood air pollution exposure, cellular immune biomarkers, and brain connectivity in early adolescents.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- Chronic Occupational Exposure to Traffic Pollution Is Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Healthy Urban Traffic Control Police.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Air Pollution, Built Environment, and Early Cardiovascular Disease.Circulation research · 2023Review
- Elevated blood lead and metal/metalloid levels and environmental exposure sources in urban Ecuadorian school-age children and mothers.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021Article
- Childhood traffic-related air pollution and adverse changes in subclinical atherosclerosis measures from childhood to adulthood.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2021Article
- Effects of ambient particulate matter on vascular tissue: a review.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews · 2020Review
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- The value of using seasonality and meteorological variables to model intra-urban PMAtmospheric environment (Oxford, England : 1994) · 2018Article
- Evaluation of Sources and Patterns of Elemental Composition of PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Serum Inflammatory Cytokines in Children.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
- Assessment of indoor and outdoor PM species at schools and residences in a high-altitude Ecuadorian urban center.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2016Article
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Abstract
Chronic exposure to urban traffic pollution is documented to promote atherosclerosis in adults but little is known about its potential effects in children. Our study examined the association of long-term exposure to traffic with carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in 287 healthy children. Residential proximity and distance-weighted traffic density (DWTD) were used as proximity markers for traffic-related air pollution exposure. The multivariable analyses revealed that children residing <100 meters from the nearest heavily trafficked road had cIMT mean and maximum measurements that were increased by 15% and 11% compared to those living ≥ 200 meters away (P = 0.0001). Similar increases in cIMT were identified for children in the highest versus lowest DWTD tertile. Children who resided 100-199 meters from traffic or in the middle DWTD tertile also exhibited increased cIMT but these differences were not statistically significant. No statistically significant differences were identified between residential distance to traffic or DWTD and systemic inflammation indicators (CRP, IL-6). The study results suggest that exposure to urban traffic promotes arterial remodeling in children. This finding is important since even small increases in cIMT over time can potentially lead to earlier progression to atherosclerosis. It is also important because traffic-related pollution is potentially modifiable.
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