Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and risk of high blood pressure among citizens in Nis, Serbia

Stanković, Aleksandra; Nikolić, Maja

doi:10.3109/10641963.2015.1060992

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“…In a large Danish survey, associations between health and distance from one's private home to the nearest green space were found (Stigsdotter et al, 2010). Study participants living more than 1 km away from a green space had higher odds of experiencing stress than those living less than 300 m away.…”

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The influence of plant species richness on stress recovery of humans

Lindemann‐Matthies

Matthies

2018

Web Ecol.

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Natural sceneries or single plants may have positive influences on human health. Here we show that plant species richness can positively influence recovery from stress. Meadow-like arrays of different species richness (1, 16, 32, 64 species) were presented to visitors (n = 171) of a popular park in Zurich, Switzerland (one array per participant). Participants' systolic blood pressure was measured twice: directly after they had been stressed and once again after a 2 min post-stress relaxation period during which they looked at one of either the meadow-like arrangements of plants in pots or at bare ground, shielded on three sides by a tent-like structure. The decrease in blood pressure was larger when respondents could view an arrangement of plants instead of ground without vegetation. Relaxation was strongest at intermediate species richness (32 species). Age, gender, and a person's attachment to nature did not influence relaxation. Our results indicate that species-rich vegetation may contribute to recovery from stress which should be considered in landscape management and planning.

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“…We measured stress recovery and also recorded participants' self-estimated degree of attachment to nature, as well as gender and age, as these variables have been found to be influential on stress recovery (e.g. Cervinka et al, 2012;Stigsdotter et al, 2010) and visual responses to green space (e.g. Lindemann-Matthies and Bose, 2007).…”

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The influence of plant species richness on stress recovery of humans

Lindemann‐Matthies

Matthies

2018

Web Ecol.

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“…2017; Johnson and Parker 2009; Lin et al. 2017; Stanković and Nikolić 2016). However, other studies reported no, inverse, or inconsistent associations (Babisch et al.…”

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Longitudinal Analysis of Long-Term Air Pollution Levels and Blood Pressure: A Cautionary Tale from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Adar

Chen

D’Souza

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Environ Health Perspect

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Background:Air pollution exposures are hypothesized to impact blood pressure, yet few longitudinal studies exist, their findings are inconsistent, and different adjustments have been made for potentially distinct confounding by calendar time and age.Objective:We aimed to investigate the associations of long- and short-term PM2:5 and NO2 concentrations with systolic and diastolic blood pressures and incident hypertension while also accounting for potential confounding by age and time.Methods:Between 2000 and 2012, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis participants were measured for systolic and diastolic blood pressure at five exams. We estimated annual average and daily PM2.5 and NO2 concentrations for 6,569 participants using spatiotemporal models and measurements, respectively. Associations of exposures with blood pressure corrected for medication were studied using mixed-effects models. Incident hypertension was examined with Cox regression. We adjusted all models for sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, smoking, physical activity, diet, season, and site. We compared associations from models adjusting for time-varying age with those that adjusted for both time-varying age and calendar time.Results:We observed decreases in pollution and blood pressures (adjusted for age and medication) over time. Strong, positive associations of long- and short-term exposures with blood pressure were found only in models with adjustment for time-varying age but not adjustment for both time-varying age and calendar time. For example, 16-ppb higher annual average NO2 concentrations were associated with 2.7 (95% CI: 1.5, 4.0) and −0.8 (95% CI: −2.6, 1.0) mmHg in systolic blood pressure with and without additional adjustment for time, respectively. Associations with incident hypertension were similarly weakened by additional adjustment for time. Sensitivity analyses indicated that air pollution did not likely cause the temporal trends in blood pressure.Conclusions:In contrast to experimental evidence, we found no associations between long- or short-term exposures to air pollution and blood pressure after accounting for both time-varying age and calendar time. This research suggests that careful consideration of both age and time is needed in longitudinal studies with trending exposures. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2966

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“…A large Sister Study in America also found a positive association between each 10μg/m 3 increase in PM 2.5 and SBP (1.4mmHg; 95CI%, 0.6-2.3) as well as PP (1.0mmHg; 95CI%, 0.4-1.7) [28]. And some studies also found positive association between long term SO 2 exposure and blood pressure [29,30]. A Chinese cross-sectional study found 0.80mmHg (95CI%, 0.46-1.14) increase of SBP and 0.31mmHg (95CI%, 0.10-0.51) increase of DBP associated with each IQR (20μg/m 3 ) increase in SO 2 [31] .…”

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Associations of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution with blood pressure and hypertension defined by Chinese and ACC/AHA Guideline: The CHCN-BTH cohort study

Cao

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Background：The association between long-term air pollutants exposure with blood pressure and hypertension defined by 2017 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Hypertension Guideline is still conflicting. This study was designed to investigate the associations between long-term exposure to air pollutants, blood pressure and hypertension defined by Chinese and ACC/AHA guideline in Chinese adults. Methods: Our study was based on the baseline survey of the Cohort Study on Chronic Disease of Communities Natural Population in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei (CHCN-BTH) from 2017 to 2019. A spatial statistical model was used to assessed three-year (2014-2016) average pollutant concentrations for PM2.5, and other pollutants concentration (PM10, SO2, NO2) was assessed by data of air monitoring stations. Results: A total of 32,135 adults aged 18-80 years were included, each interquartile range (IQR) increment of PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2 was associated with increases of 0.66mmHg (95%CI: 0.29, 1.03), 040mmHg (0.00, 0.81), 1.38mmHg (0.92, 1.84) and 0.54mmHg (0.16, 0.91) in SBP, respectively. SO2 was associated with increases 0.42mmHg (0.11, 0.72) in DBP. PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2 was associated with an 14% (Odds ratio [OR]:1.14, 95%CI:1.06-1.23), 6% (1.06, 1.00-1.13), 9% (1.09, 1.02-1.17) and 8% (1.08, 1.01-1.16) increase of hypertension defined by Chinese guideline. PM2.5 and SO2 was associated with 16% (1.166, 1.093-1.245) and 10% (1.10, 1.03-1.18) increase of hypertension defined by ACC/AHA guideline. Two-pollutants model, traffic-related pollution model and stratiﬁed analysis yielded similar results. Conclusions: We found that long-term exposure to PM2.5, NO2 and SO2 is associated with increase of blood pressure and hypertension defined by both Chinses and ACC/AHA guideline. PM10 is associated with higher SBP and risk of hypertension defined by Chinese guideline.

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Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and risk of high blood pressure among citizens in Nis, Serbia

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

The influence of plant species richness on stress recovery of humans

The influence of plant species richness on stress recovery of humans

Longitudinal Analysis of Long-Term Air Pollution Levels and Blood Pressure: A Cautionary Tale from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Associations of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution with blood pressure and hypertension defined by Chinese and ACC/AHA Guideline: The CHCN-BTH cohort study

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