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Ma, Y.* ; Nobile, F.* ; Marb, A. ; Dubrow, R.* ; Stafoggia, M.* ; Breitner-Busch, S. ; Kinney, P.L.* ; Chen, K.*

Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide and mortality in 4 countries.

JAMA net. open 7:e2354607 (2024)

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IMPORTANCE: The association between short-term exposure to air pollution and mortality has been widely documented worldwide; however, few studies have applied causal modeling approaches to account for unmeasured confounders that vary across time and space. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association between short-term changes in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations and changes in daily all-cause mortality rates using a causal modeling approach. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional study used air pollution and mortality data from Jiangsu, China; California; central-southern Italy; and Germany with interactive fixed-effects models to control for both measured and unmeasured spatiotemporal confounders. A total of 8 963 352 deaths in these 4 regions from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, were included in the study. Data were analyzed from June 1, 2021, to October 30, 2023. EXPOSURE: Day-to-day changes in county- or municipality-level mean PM2.5 and NO2 concentrations. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Day-to-day changes in county- or municipality-level all-cause mortality rates. RESULTS: Among the 8 963 352 deaths in the 4 study regions, a 10-μg/m3 increase in daily PM2.5 concentration was associated with an increase in daily all-cause deaths per 100 000 people of 0.01 (95% CI, 0.001-0.01) in Jiangsu, 0.03 (95% CI, 0.004-0.05) in California, 0.10 (95% CI, 0.07-0.14) in central-southern Italy, and 0.04 (95% CI, 0.02- 0.05) in Germany. The corresponding increases in mortality rates for a 10-μg/m3 increase in NO2 concentration were 0.04 (95% CI, 0.03-0.05) in Jiangsu, 0.03 (95% CI, 0.01-0.04) in California, 0.10 (95% CI, 0.05-0.15) in central-southern Italy, and 0.05 (95% CI, 0.04-0.06) in Germany. Significant effect modifications by age were observed in all regions, by sex in Germany (eg, 0.05 [95% CI, 0.03-0.06] for females in the single-pollutant model of PM2.5), and by urbanicity in Jiangsu (0.07 [95% CI, 0.04-0.10] for rural counties in the 2-pollutant model of NO2). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The findings of this cross-sectional study contribute to the growing body of evidence that increases in short-term exposures to PM2.5 and NO2 may be associated with increases in all-cause mortality rates. The interactive fixed-effects model, which controls for unmeasured spatial and temporal confounders, including unmeasured time-varying confounders in different spatial units, can be used to estimate associations between changes in short-term exposure to air pollution and changes in health outcomes.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords Air-pollution; Pm2.5 Exposure; Ambient Pm2.5; Pm10

ISSN (print) / ISBN 2574-3805

e-ISSN 2574-3805

Journal JAMA network open

Quellenangaben Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Article Number: e2354607

Publisher American Medical Association

Publishing Place Chicago, Ill.

Non-patent literature Publications

Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)

Grants US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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