ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2023
Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Cerebral White Matter Hyperintensities in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in the Three-City Montpellier Study.
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- Global ethnic disparities in cerebral small vessel disease imaging markers and vascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Pooled it
- The Human Microbiome in Airborne Particulate Matter-Associated Aging-Related Chronic Diseases: An Evidence-Stratified Review.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- PMiScience · 2026Review
- Revisiting 'environmental effects': Directions for multidisciplinary investigations of air quality and psychopathology.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2026Article
- Association between traffic-related air pollution and brain morphology, assessing the olfactory pathway as a mediator.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Mixture effects of air pollutants on Parkinson's disease in adults ages 40+ in the United States from 2002 to 2016.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Association of tailpipe-related and nontailpipe-related air pollution exposure with neuroimaging outcomes.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Ambient air pollution exposure in relation to cerebral small vessel disease in Chinese population: A cranial magnetic resonance imaging-based study.Eco-Environment & Health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundGrowing epidemiological evidence suggests an adverse relationship between exposure to air pollutants and cognitive health, and this could be related to the effect of air pollution on vascular health.
objectiveWe aim to evaluate the association between air pollution exposure and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) marker of cerebral vascular burden, white matter hyperintensities (WMH).
methodsThis cross-sectional analysis used data from the French Three-City Montpellier study. Randomly selected participants 65-80 years of age underwent an MRI examination to estimate their total and regional cerebral WMH volumes. Exposure to fine particulate matter (
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conclusionIn this population-based study in older adults,
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