Observational studyInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Short-Term Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Events: Are There Potentially Susceptible Groups?
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- Association between PM10 exposure and risk of myocardial infarction in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
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- Air pollution and coronary atherosclerosis.Future cardiology · 2025Review
- Air Pollution and Myocardial Infarction-A New Smoker's Paradox?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Associations between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and acute myocardial infarction: A case-crossover study.Clinical cardiology · 2023Article
- Non-Traditional Risk Factors as Contributors to Cardiovascular Disease.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- : Short-term effects of exposure to particulate matter on hospital admissions for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Medicine · 2022Article
- Ambient Air Pollution and Risk for Stroke Hospitalization: Impact on Susceptible Groups.Toxics · 2022Article
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- Effects of Fine Particulate Matter and Its Components on Emergency Room Visits for Pediatric Pneumonia: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Fine particulate matter constituents associated with emergency room visits for pediatric asthma: a time-stratified case-crossover study in an urban area.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Short-Term Effects of Particulate Matter and Its Constituents on Emergency Room Visits for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Study in an Urban Area.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Hospitalizations in the Pisan Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Melatonin ameliorates PMJournal of pineal research · 2021Article
- Air Pollution-Induced Autonomic Modulation.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Review
- The relationship between increased air pollution expressed as PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2020Observational
- Effects of an Educational Glass Recycling Program against Environmental Pollution in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAir pollution exposure is associated with greater risk for cardiovascular events. This study aims to examine the effects of increased exposure to short-term air pollutants on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and determine the susceptible groups.
methodsData on particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and other air pollutants, measured at each of the 11 air-quality monitoring stations in Kaohsiung City, were collected between 2011 and 2016. The medical records of non-trauma adult (>17 years) patients who had visited the emergency department (ED) with a typical electrocardiogram change of STEMI were extracted. A time-stratified and case-crossover study design was used to examine the relationship between air pollutants and daily ED visits for STEMI.
resultsAn interquartile range increment in PM2.5 on lag 0 was associated with an increment of 25.5% (95% confidence interval, 2.6%-53.4%) in the risk of STEMI ED visits. Men and persons with ≥3 risk factors (male sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, current smoker, dyslipidemia, history of myocardial infarction, and high body mass index) for myocardial infarction (MI) were more sensitive to the hazardous effects of PM2.5 (interaction:
conclusionPM2.5 may play an important role in STEMI events on the day of exposure in Kaohsiung. Men and persons with ≥3 risk factors of MI are more susceptible to the adverse effects of PM2.5 on STEMI.
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