ArticleDiabetes care2022
Longitudinal Associations of Air Pollution With Body Size and Composition in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.
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- Pregnancy as a Susceptible Period to Ambient Air Pollution Exposure on the Maternal Postpartum Metabolome.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Association Between Fine Particle Waves and Sexual Function: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey in China.Toxics · 2025Article
- Exposure to air pollution is associated with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Prenatal ozone exposure is associated with children overweight and obesity: Evidence from the Shanghai Maternal-Child Pairs Cohort.Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Article
- Association between Personal Abiotic Airborne Exposures and Body Composition Changes among Healthy Adults (60-69 Years Old): A Combined Exposome-Wide and Lipidome Mediation Approach from the China BAPE Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Associations between exposure to air pollution and sex hormones during the menopausal transition.The Science of the total environment · 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
- Mediating effect of body fat percentage in the association between ambient particulate matter exposure and hypertension: a subset analysis of China hypertension survey.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe examined longitudinal associations of air pollution exposure, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone (O3), with weight, BMI, waist circumference, fat mass, lean mass, and proportion fat mass in midlife women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsThe study population included 1,654 White, Black, Chinese, and Japanese women from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, with the baseline median age of 49.6 years, followed from 2000 to 2008. Annual air pollution exposures were assigned by linking residential addresses with hybrid estimates of air pollutant concentrations at 1-km2 resolution. Body size was measured, and body composition was measured using DXA at approximately annual visits. Linear mixed effects models were used to examine the associations between air pollution and body size and composition measures and whether these associations differed by physical activity.
resultsAfter adjusting for potential confounders, an interquartile range increase in PM2.5 concentration (4.5 μg/m3) was associated with 4.53% (95% CI 3.85%, 5.22%) higher fat mass, 1.10% (95% CI 0.95%, 1.25%) higher proportion fat mass, and 0.39% (95% CI -0.77%, -0.01%) lower lean mass. Similar associations were also observed for NO2 and O3. Weaker associations of PM2.5 and NO2 with body composition were observed in participants who engaged in more physical activity.
conclusionsOur analyses provide evidence that exposure to PM2.5, NO2, and O3, is adversely associated with body composition, including higher fat mass, higher proportional fat mass, and lower lean mass, highlighting their potential contribution to obesity.
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