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ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2024

Ambient air pollution sensitivity and severity of pediatric asthma.

Jelte Kelchtermans, Frank Mentch, Hakon Hakonarson

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Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jelte KelchtermansPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. kelchtermj@chop.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9186-7547
Frank MentchThe Center of Applied Genomics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Hakon HakonarsonPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES013508 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Trevor M Penning · 2006 to 2026
$35.3M
NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001880 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MEAGHER, EMMA ANNE · 2016 to 2025
$10.0M
Multidisciplinary Training Program in Pediatric Lung DiseasesT32HL160493 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Sharon Ann McGrath-Morrow, Lisa R. Young · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001880NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL160493NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES013508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmbient air pollution exposure increases the incidence and severity of pediatric asthma. Despite this, we lack effective therapies to protect patients from the impact of ambient air pollution exposure. A roadblock is the inability to identify patients that are affected by air pollution.

objectiveTo examine the association between AAP sensitivity determined by individual exposure prior to asthma exacerbations and the severity of asthma in pediatric patients.

methodsWe assess the association between spikes in ambient air pollution and asthma exacerbations. Patients were considered sensitive to a specific pollutant if they experienced an asthma exacerbation immediately following a spike in the concentration of that pollutant. Cut off values for these spikes were determined as two standard deviations above the mean concentration two weeks prior and two weeks post the days leading up to an asthma exacerbation.

resultsWe included 8129 pediatric patients with over 34,346 associated asthma exacerbations. In a multinomial log-linear logistic regression model comparing patients with mild asthma to patients with moderate or severe asthma, sensitivity to Ozone, SO IMPACT STATEMENT: There is a subpopulation of pediatric asthma patients that experience asthma exacerbations just following spikes in ambient air pollution. This subgroup of patients has more severe asthma despite correction for significant confounders. The presented work is the first to reveal the clinically significant impact of variation in ambient air pollution sensitivity in pediatric asthma, highlighting the importance of accounting for variable sensitivity in the study of the effects of ambient air pollution exposure on pediatric asthma.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionAsthmaEnvironmental ExposureParticulate MatterAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantLogistic ModelsMaleOzoneSeverity of Illness IndexSulfur DioxideAir PollutantsOzoneParticulate MatterSulfur DioxideAmbient air pollutionAsthmaPediatricSensitivity

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PMID37369742
PMCPMC10877545
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