ArticleEnvironmental research2016
Physical activity, black carbon exposure and airway inflammation in an urban adolescent cohort.
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- Are the adverse health effects of air pollution modified among active children and adolescents? A review of the literature.Preventive medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Emerging concern on air pollution and health: Trade-off between air pollution exposure and physical activity.Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Article
- Associations between mitochondrial biomarkers, urban residential exposures and childhood asthma outcomes over 6 months.Environmental research · 2023Article
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- Self-Reported Physical Activity and Asthma Risk in Children.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022Article
- Personal Exposure to Black Carbon at School and Levels of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in New York City.Environmental health perspectives · 2021Article
- Prenatal air pollution exposure and neurodevelopment: A review and blueprint for a harmonized approach within ECHO.Environmental research · 2021Review
- Air pollution, physical activity and health: A mapping review of the evidence.Environment international · 2021Review
- A Comparison of Activity Participation between Children with and without Asthma.The open journal of occupational therapy · 2021Article
- Locations of Adolescent Physical Activity in an Urban Environment and Their Associations with Air Pollution and Lung Function.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021Article
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- Ambient Air Pollution and Asthma-Related Outcomes in Children of Color of the USA: a Scoping Review of Literature Published Between 2013 and 2017.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2018Article
- Validation of Miniaturized Particulate-Matter Real-Time Samplers for Characterizing Personal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure.Journal of analytical & bioanalytical techniques · 2018Article
- Physical activity, black carbon exposure, and DNA methylation in theClinical epigenetics · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveRegular physical activity can improve cardiopulmonary health; however, increased respiratory rates and tidal volumes during activity may increase the effective internal dose of air pollution exposure. Our objective was to investigate the impact of black carbon (BC) measured by personal sampler on the relationship between physical activity and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), a marker of airway inflammation. We hypothesized that higher personal BC would attenuate the protective effect of physical activity on airway inflammation.
methodsWe performed a cross-sectional study nested in a birth cohort of African American and Dominican children living in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, New York City. Children were recruited based on age (target 9-14 year olds) and presence (n=70) or absence (n=59) of current asthma. Children wore wrist mounted accelerometers for 6 days and were classified as 'active' if they had ≥60min of moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVA) each day and 'non-active' if they had <60min of MVA on any given day, based on CDC guidelines. Personal BC measured using a MicroAeth, was assessed during two 24-h periods, at the beginning and end of physical activity assessment. High BC was defined as the upper tertile of BC measured with personal sampler. FeNO measurements were sampled at the beginning and end of the of physical activity assessment.
resultsIn multivariable linear regression models, 'active' children had 25% higher personal BC concentrations (p=0.02) and 20% lower FeNO (p=0.04) compared to 'non-active' children. Among children with high personal BC (n=33), there was no relationship between activity and FeNO (p=1.00). The significant protective relationship between activity and airway inflammation was largely driven by children with lower personal BC (n=96, p=0.04).
conclusionsChildren that live in an urban environment and are physically active on a daily basis have higher personal exposure to BC. High BC offsets the protective relationship between physical activity and airway inflammation.
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