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2024 Jun 25
First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Associations of air pollution with acute coronary syndromes based on A/B/AB versus O blood types: case-crossover study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38918482/

2024 Jun 14
The Risk of the Aggravation of Diabetic Foot According to Air Quality Factors in the Republic of Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38929021/

2024 May 31
Impact of Airborne Exposure to PM10 Increases Susceptibility to P. aeruginosa Infection
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38928968/

2024 Jun 26
Short-term exposure to air pollution on peripheral white blood cells and inflammation biomarkers: a cross-sectional study on rural residents
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38926692/

2024 Jun 24
Health effect of multiple air pollutant mixture on sarcopenia among middle-aged and older adults in China
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38925034/

Conclusions: Single-exposure and co-exposure to multiple air pollutants were positively associated with sarcopenia among middle-aged and older adults in China. Our study provided new evidence that air pollution mixture was significantly associated with sarcopenia related biomarkers.

2024 May 23
Associations between PM2.5 Components and Mortality of Ischemic Stroke, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diabetes in Beijing, China
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38922061/

2024 Jun 28
University of Southern California, Population and Public Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California, United State
Childhood Air Pollution Exposure Associated with Self-Reported Bronchitic Symptoms in Adulthood
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38940605/

Conclusion: Childhood NO2 and PM10 exposures were associated with adult bronchitic symptoms. Associations were not explained by childhood respiratory health impacts; however, participants with childhood asthma had stronger associations.

2024 Aug
The association between air pollutant exposure and cerebral small vessel disease imaging markers with modifying effects of PRS-defined genetic susceptibility
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38944013/

2024 Jul 1
Long-term associations of PM1 versus PM2.5 and PM10 with asthma and asthma-related respiratory symptoms in the middle-aged and elderly population
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38957167/

Conclusion: Long-term exposure to PM is associated with increased risks of asthma and asthma-related respiratory symptoms.

2024 Jul 2
Air pollution exposure and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases in the Netherlands: A population-based cohort study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38964584/

Conclusion: Our findings, using a cohort of more than 10 million people, provide further support for associations between long-term exposure to air pollutants (PM2.5 and particularly NO2) and mortality of non-vascular dementia. No associations were found for Parkinson and MS and an inverse association was observed for Alzheimer's disease.

2024 Jul 5
Air Pollution and Stroke: What Nurses Need to Know
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38966991/

Abstract
Air pollution exposure is linked to an increased risk of stroke. Elevated levels of pollution (carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, coarse particulate matter [PM10], and especially fine particulate matter [PM2.5]) cause systemic inflammation after the particles are inhaled and lodge into lung tissue, causing an increased incidence of stroke, hospitalizations for stroke, and stroke mortality...

2024 Aug
Is it time to revise the fighting strategy toward type 2 diabetes? Sex and pollution as new risk factors
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38971321/

..Indeed, exposure to atmospheric pollutants such as PM2.5, O3, NO2, and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP)s, along with their combination and bioaccumulation, is associated with the development of T2D and obesity, with a 15 % excess risk in case of exposure to very high levels of PM2.5

2024 Oct 15
RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic
The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38972408/

Results: Higher levels of participants' education were associated with lower exposures to PM10 and NO2. Individuals with tertiary education had higher standardized FEV1 than individuals with primary education (88 % vs 95 %). Path analysis revealed a direct positive effect of education on FEV1, while about 12 % of the relationship between education and lung function was mediated by PM10 and NO2. CONCLUSIONS: Education (typically completed at young ages) appeared to have a protective effect on lung function later in life, and a small part of this effect was mediated by air pollution.

2024 Jul 10
Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility, and Risk of Incident Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Prospective Cohort Study
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38982844/

Conclusion: Long-term exposure to air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and NOx) may increase the risk of developing SLE.