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Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and inflammatory response in the KORA study.
Sci. Total Environ. 912:169416 (2024)
Previous studies consistently showed an association between fine atmospheric particulate matter (PM2.5) and cardiovascular diseases. Concerns about adverse health effects of ultrafine particles (UFP) are growing but long-term studies are still scarce. In this study, we examined the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants and blood biomarkers of inflammation and coagulation, including fibrinogen, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA) adiponectin and interleukin-6 (IL-6), measured in the German KORA-S4 cohort study (1999-2001). IL-6 was available for older participants only, who were therefore considered as a subsample. Annual mean concentrations of UFP (as particle number concentration), particulate matter in different particles sizes (PM10, PMcoarse, PM2.5, PM2.5 absorbance), ozone (O3), and nitrogen oxides (NO2, NOX) were estimated by land-use regression models and assigned to participants' home addresses. We performed a multiple linear regression between each pollutant and each biomarker with adjustment for confounders. Per 1 interquartile range (IQR, 1945 particles/cm3) increase of UFP, fibrinogen increased by 0.70 % (0.04; 1.37) and hs-CRP increased by 3.16 % (-0.52; 6.98). Adiponectin decreased by -2.53 % (-4.78; -0.24) per 1 IQR (1.4 μg/m3) increase of PM2.5. Besides, PM2.5 was associated with increased IL-6 in the subsample. In conclusion, we observed that long-term exposure to air pollutants, including both fine and ultrafine particles, was associated with higher concentrations of pro-inflammatory and lower concentrations of an anti-inflammatory blood biomarkers, which is consistent with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease observed for long-term exposure to air pollutants.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Fine Particles ; Inflammatory Blood Markers ; Particulate Matter ; Ultrafine Particles; Particulate Matter; Subclinical Inflammation; Socioeconomic-status; Markers; Biomarkers; Interleukin-6; Association; Coagulation; Disease; Protein
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0048-9697
e-ISSN
1879-1026
Quellenangaben
Volume: 912,
Article Number: 169416
Publisher
Elsevier
Publishing Place
Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Publications
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Grants
Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection
State of Bavaria
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health
State of Bavaria
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health