PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München: Associations between long-term air pollutant exposures and blood pressure in elderly residents of Taipei city: A cross-sectional study.

Information

Clues to quality of journals

Open Access Policy of Helmholtz Association 2016

CC Licencences

Publication Metrics

Navigation

Home

Deutsch

EVA: Electronic Publishing

New EVA Application

Research

Advanced Search

Browse by ...

... HMGU-Authors/Consortia

... Organizational Structure

... Journal

... Publication Type

... Research Data

... Arbeitsgruppen

... Publication Year

Publication overview

Statistics

Statistics (last 5 years)

OA Publications

Publish

Submit Publication

Import publication from...

...EVA

Report missing publication

Highlights

Support & Contact

Contact persons

Help

Data protection

Helmholtz Open Science

JANE Journal Estimator

SHERPA/RoMEO

DOAJ

Export:

Text

Endnote (RIS) BIB

BibTeX

Chen, S.Y.* ; Wu, C.F.* ; Lee, J.H.* ; Hoffmann, B.* ; Peters, A. ; Brunekreef, B.* ; Chu, D.C.* ; Chan, C.C.*

Associations between long-term air pollutant exposures and blood pressure in elderly residents of Taipei city: A cross-sectional study.

Environ. Health Perspect. 123, 779-784 (2015)

Publ. Version/Full Text

Supplement

DOI

	Open Access Gold

Abstract
Metrics
Extra information

Background: Limited information is available regarding long-term effects of air pollution on blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. Objective: We studied whether 1-year exposures to particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were correlated with BP and hypertension in the elderly. Methods: We analyzed cross-sectional data from 27,752 Taipei City residents > 65 years of age who participated in a health examination program in 2009. Land-use regression models were used to estimate participants’ 1-year exposures to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 μm (PM10), coarse particles (PM2.5–10), fine particles (≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5), PM2.5absorbance, NOx, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Generalized linear regressions and logistic regressions were used to examine the association between air pollution and BP and hypertension, respectively. Results: Diastolic BP was associated with 1-year exposures to air pollution, with estimates of 0.73 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.44, 1.03], 0.46 (95% CI: 0.30, 0.63), 0.62 (95% CI: 0.24, 0.99), 0.34 (95% CI: 0.19, 0.50), and 0.65 (95% CI: 0.44, 0.85) mmHg for PM10 (10 μg/m³), PM2.5–10 (5 μg/m³), PM2.5 absorbance (10^–5/m), NOx (20 μg/m³), and NO2 (10 μg/m³), respectively. PM2.5 was not associated with diastolic BP, and none of the air pollutants was associated with systolic BP. Associations of diastolic BP with PM10 and PM2.5 absorbance were stronger among participants with hypertension, diabetes, or a body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m² than among participants without these conditions. One-year air pollution exposures were not associated with hypertension. Conclusions: One-year exposures to PM10, PM2.5-10, PM2.5 absorbance, and NOx were associated with higher diastolic BP in elderly residents of Taipei.

Impact Factor

Scopus SNIP

Web of Science
Times Cited

Scopus
Cited By

Altmetric

7.977

2.255