ArticleEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2021
Short-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution and emergency department visits for kidney diseases in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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- Adverse Effects of fine particulate matter on human kidney functioning: a systematic review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022Pooled it
- Air Pollution, Kidney Injury, and Green Nephrology-Thinking About Its Association and Causation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Short-term association between air pollution and daily genitourinary disorder admissions in Lanzhou, China.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2024Article
- Acute Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Asthma Emergency Department Visits in Ten U.S. States.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Invited Perspective: Still Hazy? Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Short-term air pollution exposure associated with death from kidney diseases: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study in China from 2015 to 2019.BMC medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Toxicological evidence has shown that fine particulate matter (PM
objectivesWe investigated associations between short-term exposure to PM
methodsLog-linear time-series models were fitted to estimate the acute effects of air pollution, with single-day and unconstrained distributed lags, on rates of ED visits for kidney diseases [all renal diseases and acute renal failure (ARF)], controlling for meteorology (maximum air and dew-point temperatures) and time (season, day of week, holidays, and long-term time trend).
resultsFor all renal diseases, we observed positive associations for most air pollutants, particularly 8-day cumulative exposure to OC [rate ratio (RR) = 1.018, (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.003, 1.034)] and EC [1.016 (1.000, 1.031)] per interquartile range increase exposure. For ARF, we observed positive associations particularly for 8-day exposure to OC [1.034 (1.005, 1.064)], EC [1.032 (1.002, 1.063)], nitrate [1.032 (0.996, 1.069)], and PM
conclusionsWe observed positive associations between short-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution and kidney disease outcomes. This study adds to the growing epidemiological evidence that fine particles may impact distant organs (e.g., kidneys) over the short term.
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