Long-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution Associated with Blood Pressure and Self-Reported Hypertension in a Danish Cohort.

Background: Short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with changes in blood pressure (BP) and emergency department visits for hypertension, but little is known about the effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on BP and hypertension. Objectives: We studied wheth...

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Publicado en:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 120; no. 3; pp. 418 - 425
Autores principales: Sørensen, Mette, Hoffmann, Barbara, Hvidberg, Martin, Ketzel, Matthias, Jensen, Steen Solvang, Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic, Tjønneland, Anne, Overvad, Kim, Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole
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Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Mar2012
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          Sørensen, Mette
          Hoffmann, Barbara
          Hvidberg, Martin
          Ketzel, Matthias
          Jensen, Steen Solvang
          Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic
          Tjønneland, Anne
          Overvad, Kim
          Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole
        affil: Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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          Hypertension Chemically Induced
          Air Pollution Adverse Effects
          Environmental Exposure Adverse Effects
          Blood Pressure
          Hypertension Epidemiology
          Human
          Self Report
          Middle Age
          Descriptive Statistics
          Questionnaires
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Linear Regression
          Automobiles
          Nitrogen Oxides Analysis
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          Denmark
          Secondary Analysis
          Data Analysis Software
          Cox Proportional Hazards Model
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          Female
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          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: Short-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with changes in blood pressure (BP) and emergency department visits for hypertension, but little is known about the effects of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution on BP and hypertension. Objectives: We studied whether long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with BP and hypertension. Methods: In 1993-1997, 57,053 participants 50-64 years of age were enrolled in a population-based cohort study. Systolic and diastolic BP (SBP and DBP, respectively) were measured at enrollment. Self-reported incident hypertension during a mean follow-up of 5.3 years was assessed by questionnaire. We used a validated dispersion model to estimate residential long-term nitrogen oxides (NOx), a marker of traffic-related air pollution, for the 1- and 5-year periods prior to enrollment and before a diagnosis of hypertension. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of associations between air pollution and BP at enrollment with linear regression, adjusting for traffic noise, measured short-term NOx, temperature, relative humidity, and potential lifestyle confounders (n = 44,436). We analyzed incident hypertension with Cox regression, adjusting for traffic noise and potential confounders. Results: A doubling of NOx exposure during 1- and 5-year periods preceding enrollment was associated with 0.53-mmHg decreases [95% confidence interval (CI): -0.88, -0.19 mmHg] and 0.50-mmHg decreases (95% CI: -0.84, -0.16 mmHg) in SBP, respectively. Long-term exposure also was associated with a lower prevalence of baseline self-reported hypertension (per doubling of 5-year mean NOx: odds ratio = 0.96; 95% CI: 0.91, 1.00), whereas long-term NOx exposure was not associated with incident self-reported hypertension during follow-up. Conclusions: Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution was associated with a slightly lower prevalence of BP at baseline, but was not associated with incident hypertension.
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