ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
The joint effects of physical activity and air pollution on type 2 diabetes in older adults.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multidimensional drivers of diabetes prevalence among middle-aged and elderly in China: from a geographical perspective.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2026Article
- Associations between kidney function with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a prospective cohort study in China.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of physical activity levels on the association between air pollution exposures and glycemic indicators in older individuals.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- Physical activity, long-term fine particulate matter exposure and type 2 diabetes incidence: A prospective cohort study.Chronic diseases and translational medicine · 2024Article
- Unveiling causal connections: Long-term particulate matter exposure and type 2 diabetes mellitus mortality in Southern China.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2024Article
- Long-term particulate matter exposure and the risk of neurological hospitalization: Evidence from causal inference of a large longitudinal cohort in South China.Chemosphere · 2023Article
- Article
- Effects of Air Pollution on the Health of Older Adults during Physical Activities: Mapping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Does exercise participation promote happiness?: Mediations and heterogeneities.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
17 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundOlder adults with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of developing common geriatric syndromes and have a lower quality of life. To prevent type 2 diabetes in older adults, it's unclear whether the health benefits of physical activity (PA) will be influenced by the harms caused by increased exposure to air pollution during PA, especially in developing countries with severe air pollution problem. We aimed to investigate the joint effects of PA and long-term exposure to air pollution on the type 2 diabetes in older adults from China.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was based on the China Multi-Ethnic cohort (CMEC) study. The metabolic equivalent of PA was calculated according to the PA scale during the CMEC baseline survey. High resolution air pollution datasets (PM
resultsA total of 36,562 participants aged 50 to 79 years were included in the study. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 10.88%. The mean (SD) level of PA was 24.93 (18.60) MET-h/d, and the mean (SD) level of PM
conclusionsOur findings implied that for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in older adults, the PA health benefits outweighed the harms of air pollution except in extreme air pollution situations, and suggested that when the air quality of residence is severe, the PA levels should ideally not exceed 40 MET-h/d.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.