ArticleDiabetologia2021
Habitual exercise is associated with reduced risk of diabetes regardless of air pollution: a longitudinal cohort study.
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- Physical activity, long-term fine particulate matter exposure and type 2 diabetes incidence: A prospective cohort study.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2024Article
- Physiological impacts of atmospheric pollution: Effects of environmental air pollution on exercise.Physiological reports · 2024Review
- Influencing Factors on Cardiovascular Health in China.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2024Article
- Exposure to air pollution and the risk of type II diabetes mellitus: a time-series study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Interactive effects of ambient fine particulate matter and ozone on daily mortality in 372 cities: two stage time series analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
- Association of physical activity and air pollution exposure with the risk of type 2 diabetes: a large population-based prospective cohort study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Article
- The joint effects of physical activity and air pollution on type 2 diabetes in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Chronic fine particulate matter exposure, habitual exercise, and dyslipidemia: A longitudinal cohort study.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Article
- Physical Activity in Polluted Air-Net Benefit or Harm to Cardiovascular Health? A Comprehensive Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effects of air pollution and habitual exercise on the risk of death: a longitudinal cohort study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2021Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisPhysical activity may increase a person's inhalation of air pollutants and exacerbate the adverse health effects. This study aimed to investigate the combined associations of chronic exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM
methodsWe selected 156,314 non-diabetic adults (≥18 years old) who joined an ongoing longitudinal cohort between 2001 and 2016. Incident type 2 diabetes was identified at the follow-up medical examinations. Two-year mean PM
resultsCompared with high physical activity, moderate and inactive/low physical activity were associated with a higher risk of diabetes (HR [95% CI] 1.31 [1.22, 1.41] and 1.56 [1.46, 1.68], respectively). Participants with moderate/high PM CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationHigher physical activity and lower PM
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