ArticleClinical rheumatology2026
Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with the risk of new-onset pain among middle-aged and older people: a cohort study in China.
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- Association of Air Pollution and Socioeconomic Deprivation with Depression and Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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introductionEvidence linking long-term air pollution exposure to new-onset pain in Chinese middle-aged and older adults remains scarce. This cohort study aimed to clarify the association between major air pollutants and new-onset pain risk in this population, providing epidemiological evidence for targeted prevention.
methodsWe collected data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and China High Air Pollution (CHAP) for the period August 2015 and August 2020 for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. A total of 12,062 participants aged 45 and above were ultimately included in the study, with 8583 of them being followed up until 2020. We calculated the annual average concentrations of PM
resultsAfter 5-year of follow-up, 3956 (46.1%) were categorized as pain patients. In cross-sectional analyses, we found a significant positive correlation between air pollution and the prevalence of pain reports (OR = 1.53 [1.32-1.77] for PM
conclusionMiddle-aged and elderly people who are chronically exposed to PM
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