ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2021
Interaction between visceral adiposity and ambient air pollution on LDL cholesterol level in Korean adults.
Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Air pollution and cognitive performance in late life: the role of lipid profile - results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).Environment international · 2025Article
- Association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and an increased risk of steatotic liver disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
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- Associations between ambient air pollution, obesity, and serum vitamin D status in the general population of Korean adults.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough previous reports have found that obesity intensifies the negative impact of long-term air pollution exposure on the low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level, few studies have examined whether the type of abdominal adiposity, such as visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and the visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio (VSR) affects this relationship. We investigated the association between ambient air pollution and LDL-C in Korean adults and identified whether this association is different by the type of abdominal adiposity.
methodsA total of 2737 adults were included. Abdominal fat areas were quantified by computed tomography, and the annual average concentration of air pollutants was included in this analysis.
resultsIn the total sample, none of the air pollutants was associated with LDL-C level in either the crude or adjusted model (all p > 0.05). The association was not significant even in subgroups stratified according to the obesity status defined by body mass index, and no interaction on the LDL-C level was also found (all p
conclusionsIn conclusion, we found that association between air pollution exposure and LDL-C level is different by abdominal fat distribution.
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