ArticlePloS one2018
Association of traffic air pollution and rhinitis quality of life in Peruvian children with asthma.
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- Assessment of quality of life in asthmatic children and adolescents: A cross sectional study in West Bank, Palestine.PloS one · 2022Article
- The association between asthma emergency department visits and satellite-derived PMEnvironmental research · 2021Article
- Allergic rhinitis aggravated by air pollutants in Latin America: A systematic review.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2021Review
- Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- PMEnvironmental health : a global access science source · 2020Article
- Revealing the air pollution burden associated with internal Migration in Peru.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Developing an Advanced PMRemote sensing · 2019Article
- Aeroallergens, air pollutants, and chronic rhinitis and rhinosinusitis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundAir pollution exposure may contribute to rhinoconjunctivitis morbidity in children with underlying airways disease. Prior studies have not assessed rhinoconjunctivitis-related quality of life (QOL) in children with asthma chronically exposed to air pollution.
methodsChildren ages 9-19 years with asthma from peri-urban Peru, self-reporting rhinoconjunctivitis symptoms (n = 484), were administered the Rhinoconjunctivitis QOL Questionnaire (RQLQ) at repeated intervals over one year, with scores dichotomized into bothered (>0) and not bothered (= 0). Individual weekly exposures to particulate matter<2.5μm (PM2.5) and its black carbon (BC) component were estimated by inverse distance weighted methods. Generalized estimating equations, adjusting for covariates, estimated associations of PM2.5 and BC with QOL.
resultsParticipants were on average 13 years old, 55% female, and majority were atopic (77%). Mean (SD) PM2.5 and BC concentrations were 21(3.2) μg/m3 and 4.4(1.5) μg/m3, respectively. In adjusted multi-pollutant models, each 10μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 was associated with increased odds of worse rhinoconjunctivitis QOL (OR;[95% CI]: 1.83;[1.33,2.52]). A 10% increase in the BC proportion was associated with higher rhinitis burden (OR;[95% CI]: 1.80;[1.22,2.66]), while increases in the non-BC component of PM did not significantly impact rhinoconjunctivitis QOL. Associations were similar regardless of atopy.
conclusionHigher PM2.5 and BC exposure is associated with worse rhinitis QOL among asthmatic children.
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