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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
Limited evidence suggests that persons with conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, congestive heart failure, and respiratory conditions may be at increased risk of adverse cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with ambient air pollution. The authors collected data on over 4 million emergency department visits from 31 hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia, between January 1993 and August 2000. Visits for cardiovascular disease were examined in relation to levels of ambient pollutants by use of a case-crossover framework. Heterogeneity of risk was examined for several comorbid conditions. The results included evidence of stronger associations of dysrhythmia and congestive heart failure visits with comorbid hypertension in relation to increased air pollution levels compared with visits without comorbid hypertension; similar evidence of effect modification by diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was observed for dysrhythmia and peripheral and cerebrovascular disease visits, respectively. Evidence of effect modification by comorbid hypertension and diabetes was observed in relation to particulate matter less than 10 microm in aerodynamic diameter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide, while evidence of effect modification by comorbid COPD was also observed in response to ozone levels. These findings provide further evidence of increased susceptibility to adverse cardiovascular events associated with ambient air pollution among persons with hypertension, diabetes, and COPD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
165
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
625-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Air Pollution, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Carbon Monoxide, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Cross-Over Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Diabetes Complications, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Emergency Service, Hospital, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Environmental Monitoring, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Epidemiologic Studies, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Georgia, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Health Services Research, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Nitrogen, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Ozone, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Pneumonia, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Population Surveillance, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Respiratory Tract Infections, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17194748-Sulfur Dioxide
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits in potentially sensitive groups.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. jpeel@colostate.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural