Liu, Cong; Cai, Jing; Chen, Renjie; Sera, Francesco; Guo, Yuming; Tong, Shilu; Li, Shanshan; Lavigne, Eric; Correa, Patricia Matus; Ortega, Nicolas Valdes; +35 more... Orru, Hans; Maasikmets, Marek; Jaakkola, Jouni JK; Ryti, Niilo; Breitner, Susanne; Schneider, Alexandra; Katsouyanni, Klea; Samoli, Evangelia; Hashizume, Masahiro; Honda, Yasushi; Ng, Chris Fook Sheng; Diaz, Magali Hurtado; la Cruz Valencia, César De; Rao, Shilpa; Palomares, Alfonso Diz-Lois; Pereira da Silva, Susana; Madureira, Joana; Holobâc, Iulian Horia; Fratianni, Simona; Scovronick, Noah; Garland, Rebecca M; Tobias, Aurelio; Íñiguez, Carmen; Forsberg, Bertil; Åström, Christofer; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Ragettli, Martina S; Guo, Yue-Liang Leon; Pan, Shih-Chun; Milojevic, Ai; Bell, Michelle L; Zanobetti, Antonella; Schwartz, Joel; Gasparrini, Antonio; Kan, Haidong; (2022) Coarse Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Global Study in 205 Cities. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 206 (8). pp. 999-1007. ISSN 1073-449X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202111-2657OC
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Rationale: The associations between ambient coarse particulate matter (PM2.5-10) and daily mortality are not fully understood on a global scale. Objectives: To evaluate the short-term associations between PM2.5-10 and total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality across multiple countries/regions worldwide. Methods: We collected daily mortality (total, cardiovascular, and respiratory) and air pollution data from 205 cities in 20 countries/regions. Concentrations of PM2.5-10 were computed as the difference between inhalable and fine PM. A two-stage time-series analytic approach was applied, with overdispersed generalized linear models and multilevel meta-analysis. We fitted two-pollutant models to test the independent effect of PM2.5-10 from copollutants (fine PM, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and carbon monoxide). Exposure-response relationship curves were pooled, and regional analyses were conducted. Measurements and Main Results: A 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5-10 concentration on lag 0-1 day was associated with increments of 0.51% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.18%-0.84%), 0.43% (95% CI, 0.15%-0.71%), and 0.41% (95% CI, 0.06%-0.77%) in total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality, respectively. The associations varied by country and region. These associations were robust to adjustment by all copollutants in two-pollutant models, especially for PM2.5. The exposure-response curves for total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality were positive, with steeper slopes at lower exposure ranges and without discernible thresholds. Conclusions: This study provides novel global evidence on the robust and independent associations between short-term exposure to ambient PM2.5-10 and total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality, suggesting the need to establish a unique guideline or regulatory limit for daily concentrations of PM2.5-10.
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Public Health, Environments and Society |
PubMed ID | 35671471 |
Elements ID | 180287 |
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