SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Association of Exposure to particular matter and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Journal of internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The long-term effect of exposure to respirable particulate matter on the incidence of myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Narrative Review of High-Yield Non-Traditional Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Household air pollution exposure in adult women is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: A cross-sectional study of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Urban imperviousness and carotid intima-medial thickness: Evidence from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: mechanisms, evidence, and mitigation strategies.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Review
- Associations of long-term exposure to temperature with coronary artery calcification risk among middle-aged adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Fine particulate matter and intima media thickness: Role of endothelial function biomarkers.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress, and the Risk of Development of Type 1 Diabetes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Importance of Punctual Monitoring to Evaluate the Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Carotid Plaque Burden in a Canadian City With Low-Level Ambient Pollution.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Article
- THE EXPOSOME IN HUMAN EVOLUTION: FROM DUST TO DIESEL.The Quarterly review of biology · 2019Article
- Air pollution exposure and risk of spontaneous abortion in the Nurses' Health Study II.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
- A critical review of assays for hazardous components of air pollution.Free radical biology & medicine · 2018Review
- Effect of short-term exposure to ambient air particulate matter on incidence of delirium in a surgical population.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Residential Proximity to Major Roads, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, and Coronary Artery Calcium: The Framingham Heart Study.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2016Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundLong time exposure to particular matter has been linked to myocardial infarction, stroke and blood pressure, but its association with atherosclerosis is not clear. This meta-analysis was aimed at assessing whether PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ have an effect on subclinical atherosclerosis measured by carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT).
methodsPubmed, Ovid Medline, Embase and NICK between 1948 and 31 March 2015 were searched by combining the keywords about exposure to the outcome related words. The random-effects model was applied in computing the change of CIMT and their corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI). The effect of potential confounding factors was assessed by stratified analysis and the impact of traffic proximity was also estimated.
resultsAmong 56 identified studies, 11 articles satisfied the inclusion criteria. In overall analysis increments of 10 μg/m³ in PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ were associated with an increase of CIMT (16.79 μm; 95% CI, 4.95-28.63 μm and 4.13 μm; 95% CI, -5.79-14.04 μm, respectively). RESULTS shown in subgroup analysis had reference value for comparing with those of the overall analysis. The impact of traffic proximity on CIMT was uncertain.
conclusionsExposure to PM₂.₅ had a significant association with CIMT and for women the effect may be more obvious.
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