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ArticleCureus2025

Impact of Air Pollution on Chronic Airway Narrowing.

Pavlos Vongelis, Petros Bakakos, Nikoleta Rovina, Nikolaos Koulouris

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Pavlos VongelisFirst Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Petros BakakosFirst Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Nikoleta RovinaFirst Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos KoulourisFirst Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe increasing availability of data from electronic health records in healthcare organizations and systems has made it feasible to assess the relationship between various environmental parameters (e.g., pollution levels, meteorological data), hospital admissions, morbidity, and mortality associated with lung diseases. This study aimed to assess the correlation between air pollution levels and respiratory function parameters in patients with chronic obstructive lung diseases residing in various regions of the Attica Basin, Greece. MATERIALS AND

methodsAir pollution measurements were obtained from the Department of Atmospheric Quality of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. In particular, data from daily bulletins and air pollution measurements were utilized. Numerical averages were calculated across all monitoring stations.

resultsThe analysis revealed statistically significant negative correlations between the concentrations of tropospheric ozone (O₃), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM₁₀) and the respiratory parameters forced vital capacity (FVC%pred), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁%pred), forced mid-expiratory flow between 25 and 75% of FVC (FEF

conclusionsAir pollution measurements were found to be significantly and negatively correlated with lung function parameters. Specifically, increased concentrations of O

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asthmabronchiectasiscarbon monoxide (co)chronic airway narrowingcopdnitrogen dioxide (no2)ozone (o3)particulate matter (pm10)respiratory diseasessulfur dioxide (so2)

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