ArticleEnvironmental research2022
Associations between solar and geomagnetic activity and peripheral white blood cells in the Normative Aging Study.
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- Reactivation of latent human intracellular infections during a months-long expedition at the Antarctic Vostok station.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Detrimental impact of solar and geomagnetic activity on plasma B-complex vitamins in the VA normative aging study cohort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Associations between solar and geomagnetic activity and cognitive function in the Normative Aging study.Environment international · 2024Article
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- Associations of solar activity and related exposures with fetal growth.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Solar and geomagnetic activity reduces pulmonary function and enhances particulate pollution effects.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- The role of solar and geomagnetic activity in endothelial activation and inflammation in the NAS cohort.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
It has been hypothesized that solar and geomagnetic activity can affect the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and melatonin secretion, both of which may influence immune response. We investigated the association between solar geomagnetic activity and white blood cell counts in the Normative Aging Study (NAS) Cohort between 2000 and 2013. Linear mixed effects models with moving day averages ranging from 0 to 28 days were used to evaluate the effects of solar activity measures, interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), and sunspot number (SSN), and a measure of geomagnetic activity, K Index (K), on total white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil, monocytes, lymphocyte, eosinophil, and basophil concentrations. After adjusting for demographic and health-related factors, there were consistently significant associations between IMF, SSN, and K
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