ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2015
Association between environmental particulate matter and arterial stiffness in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
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- Effects of sertraline in the prevention of low blood pressure in patients undergoing hemodialysis.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaTrial
- Effects of Air Pollution on Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation: Clinical and Public Health Action.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and measures of central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness among multiethnic Chicago residents.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- Associations between plasma metal mixture exposure and risk of hypertension: A cross-sectional study among adults in Shenzhen, China.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Emerging role of air pollution in chronic kidney disease.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Review
- Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter and Pulse Wave Velocity.Korean journal of family medicine · 2021Article
- Mortality in US Hemodialysis Patients Following Exposure to Wildfire Smoke.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2020Article
- Long- and short-term air pollution exposure and measures of arterial stiffness in the Framingham Heart Study.Environment international · 2018Article
- Positive correlation between environmental PMTherapeutics and clinical risk management · 2017Article
- Environmental NO2 and CO Exposure: Ignored Factors Associated with Uremic Pruritus in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundAortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) has been shown to be an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease and the general population. Atmospheric particulate- matter (PM) concentrations and their effects on cardiovascular system by affecting arterial stiffness and central hemodynamic parameters had been noted. The purpose of this study was to access the correlation of air pollution variables and PWV in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD).
methodsThis study analyzed 127 HD patients treated at the outpatient HD center. Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) was measured by using a Vascular Profiler 1000 (VP-1000). Air pollution levels were recorded by a network of 27 monitoring stations near or in the patients' living areas throughout Taiwan. The 12-month average concentrations of PM with an aerodynamic diameter of <10 and <2.5 mm (PM10 and PM2.5, respectively), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide(CO), and ozone (O3) were included. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Multivariate linear regression analyses indicated that systolic blood pressure (SBP) (β = 0.589, P < 0.025), age (β = 0.316, P < 0.001), serum aluminum level (Al) (β = 0.149, P = 0.020), and PM10 (β = 0.133, P = 0.036) were positively correlated with baPWV.
conclusionThis cross-sectional study shows that in HD patients, the environmental PM10 level is associated with the baPWV.
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