Observational studyThe European respiratory journal2017
Air pollution and subclinical interstitial lung disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) air-lung study.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Guideline
- Prevalence and progression rate of interstitial lung abnormalities detected on thoracic CT: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes of interstitial lung abnormalities: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of air pollution on interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Fibrotic interstitial lung diseases and air pollution: a systematic literature review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2020Pooled it
- Characteristics of cohort studies of long-term exposure to PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2019Pooled it
- Breathing in harm: current insights into the effects of air pollution on cardiorespiratory health.Medical gas research · 2027Review
- Health effects of air pollution on chronic respiratory diseases.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2026Review
- Climate Change and the Impact On Interstitial Lung Diseases.Pulmonary therapy · 2026Review
- Incidental pulmonary findings on CT in daily practice: the nodule and the interstitial lung abnormalities - what's old, what's new.La Radiologia medica · 2026Review
- [Evaluation and clinical management of interstitial lung abnormalities : Position paper of the Austrian Society of Pneumology (ÖGP) and the Austrian Radiological Society (ÖRG) 2026].Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2026Review
- Global, regional, and national burden of interstitial lung disease and pulmonary sarcoidosis from 1990 to 2023, and projections to 2050: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025Article
- A tiered strategy to identify relevant genetic variants in familial pulmonary fibrosis: a proof of concept for the clinical practice.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2025Article
- Korean Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Interstitial Lung Diseases.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Particulate matter air pollution: effects on the respiratory system.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- Air pollution and alveolar health.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Review
- Lag analysis of the effect of air pollution on orthopedic postoperative infection in Hebei Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Current perspectives on interstitial lung abnormalities.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2025Review
- Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: Unraveling the Journey from Incidental Discovery to Clinical Significance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Genomic and Serological Rheumatoid Arthritis Biomarkers,Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
14 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
Coralynn SackDept of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sverre VedalDept of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lianne SheppardDept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ganesh RaghuDept of Medicine, Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
R Graham BarrDept of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anna PodolanczukDept of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Brent DoneyRespiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Eric A HoffmanDept of Radiology, Carver School of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Amanda GassettDept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Karen Hinckley-StukovskyDept of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kayleen WilliamsCollaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Steve KawutDepts of Medicine and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David J LedererDept of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA dl427@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5258-0228
Joel D KaufmanDept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
University of Washington · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · USUniversity of Iowa · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Washington Medical Center · US
Funding
Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR001079 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2013 to 2017
$60.1MXENOBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION AND DISPOSITIONP30ES007033 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CATHERINE J KARR · 1995 to 2026
$42.5MClinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000040 · NCATS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GINSBERG, HENRY N · 2012 to 2015
$26.2MPulmonary microvascular perfusion in the Multi-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisR01HL077612 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI R Graham BARR · 2004 to 2026
$18.8MPulmonary Vascular Changes in Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)R01HL093081 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI R Graham BARR · 2008 to 2026
$17.2MRESPIRATORY RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32HL007287 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Kristina Anne Crothers, David J. Horne · 1985 to 2026
$16.7MProject 5: ROS, Glutathione and Vascular Response to Diesel ExhaustP50ES015915 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAUFMAN, JOEL DANIEL · 2008 to 2012
$11.8MSubclinical Interstitial Lung Disease in MESA and FAR-ILDR01HL103676 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GARCIA, CHRISTINE KIM · 2011 to 2020
$6.4MMulti-center Structural & Functional Quantitative CT Pulmonary PhenotypingR01HL112986 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HOFFMAN, ERIC ALFRED · 2012 to 2016
$4.6MCigarette Smoke and Susceptibility to Influenza InfectionR01HL095163 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JASPERS, ILONA, NOAH, TERRY L · 2009 to 2013
$2.0MEnvironmental Factors in Cardiovascular DiseaseK24ES013195 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KAUFMAN, JOEL DANIEL · 2005 to 2014
$1.5MAdjunctive Use of Apyrase to Fibrinolytic TherapyR44HL095169 · NHLBI · APT THERAPEUTICS, INC. · PI CHEN, RIDONG · 2012 to 2013
$1.3MIntramural CDC HHS CC999999NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000040NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001079NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL131937NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095159NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095160NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095161NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095162NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095163NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095164NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095165NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095166NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095167NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095168NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HC095169NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL077612NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093081NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103676NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL112986NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007287NIEHS NIH HHS K24 ES013195NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007033NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES015915
Abstract
We studied whether ambient air pollution is associated with interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) and high attenuation areas (HAAs), which are qualitative and quantitative measurements of subclinical interstitial lung disease (ILD) on computed tomography (CT).We performed analyses of community-based dwellers enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) study. We used cohort-specific spatio-temporal models to estimate ambient pollution (fine particulate matter (PM
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