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Associations between long-term exposure to ambient particulate air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence, blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in China.
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- Type 2 diabetes attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution: a global burden study from 1990 to 2019.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- A review of air pollution as a driver of cardiovascular disease risk across the diabetes spectrum.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
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- Associations between air pollution, residential greenness, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in three prospective cohorts of U.S. adults.Environmental research · 2023Article
- The Association Between PM2.5 Exposure and Diabetes Mellitus Among Thai Army Personnel.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2023Article
- The Association Between Solid Fuel Use and Visual Impairment Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe evidence for an association between particulate air pollution and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in developing countries was very scarce.
objectiveTo investigate the associations of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) with T2DM prevalence and with fasting glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in China.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study based on a nation-wide baseline survey of 11,847 adults who participated in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study from June 2011 to March 2012. The average residential exposure to PM2.5 for each participant in the same period was estimated using a satellite-based spatial statistical model. We determined the association between PM2.5 and T2DM prevalence by multivariable logistic regression models. We also evaluated the association between PM2.5 and fasting glucose and HbA1c levels using multivariable linear regression models. Stratification analyses were conducted to explore potential effect modification.
resultsWe identified 1760 cases of T2DM, corresponding to 14.9% of the study population. The average PM2.5 exposure for all participants was 72.6μg/m(3) during the study period. An interquartile range increase in PM2.5 (41.1μg/m(3)) was significantly associated with increased T2DM prevalence (prevalence ratio, PR=1.14), and elevated levels of fasting glucose (0.26mmol/L) and HbA1c (0.08%). The associations of PM2.5 with T2DM prevalence and with fasting glucose and HbA1c were stronger in several subgroups.
conclusionsThis nationwide cross-sectional study suggested that long-term exposure to PM2.5 might increase the risk of T2DM in China.
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