ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2022
Association between outdoor air pollution and chronic rhinosinusitis patient reported outcomes.
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- Association between air pollution and allergic upper respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Analysing allergen-environment interactions to identify drivers of asthma presentations in Metropolitan Melbourne, 2017-2022.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Characterizing air pollution exposure methodologies in rhinology: a scoping review.International journal of environmental health research · 2025Article
- Observational study of ground-level ozone and climatic factors in Craiova, Romania, based on one-year high-resolution data.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis and risk of obstructive sleep apnea.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Understanding exposomes and its relation with cancer risk in Malaysia based on epidemiological evidence: a narrative review.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2024Review
- The Impact of Occupational Exposures on Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Scoping Review.Exploration of asthma & allergy · 2024Article
- Chronic Occupational Exposure to Traffic Pollution Is Associated with Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Healthy Urban Traffic Control Police.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A comparison of experience sampled hay fever symptom severity across rural and urban areas of the UK.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aetiology of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is multifactorial with a complex interplay between environmental, microbial endogenous and genetic factors. The impact of outdoor air pollution on prevalence or severity of CRS remains largely unknown.
methodsReal-life geolocation data (2017-2018, Belgium) from 278 CRS patients (2576 health records) using the mySinusitisCoach mobile application were analysed to calculate the patients' individual exposure to outdoor air pollutants (ozone (O
resultsThe adjusted seasonal model for the spring-summer (n = 1000 health entries, N = 83 patients) population revealed an increase of 6.07 (p < 0.0001) in overall CRS symptom scoring for an interquartile range (IQR) increase in exposure to O
conclusionExposure to outdoor air pollution is associated with increased symptom severity in CRS patients. The extent to which CRS patients are sensitive to outdoor air pollution exposure varies per season and depends on their sex and comorbid asthma status. mHealth technology has the potential to reveal novel insights on the patients' exposome and disease severity in the real-life situation.
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