Ozone and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. It’s in the Air We Breathe

Studies suggest that long-term chronic exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution can increase lung cancer mortality. We analyzed the association between long term PM and ozone exposure and mortality due to lung cancer, ischemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, accounting for geographic location, socioeconomic status, and residential mobility. Subjects in the 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) were followed for 20years, and assigned to regions across Canada based on spatial synoptic classification weather types. Hazard ratios (HR) for mortality, were related to PM and ozone using Cox proportional hazards survival models, adjusting for socioeconomic characteristics and individual confounders. An increase of 10μg/m in long term PM exposure resulted in an HR for lung cancer mortality of 1.26 (95% CI 1.04, 1.53); the inclusion in the model of SSC zone as a stratum increased the risk estimate to HR 1.29 (95% CI 1.06, 1.57). After adjusting for ozone, HRs increased to 1.49 (95% CI 1.23, 1.88), and HR 1.54 (95% CI 1.27, 1.87), with and without zone as a model stratum. HRs for ischemic heart disease fell from 1.25 (95% CI 1.21, 1.29) for exposure to PM, to 1.13 (95% CI 1.08, 1.19) when PM was adjusted for ozone. For COPD, the 95% confidence limits included 1.0 when climate zone was included in the model. HRs for all causes of death showed spatial differences when compared to zone 3, the most populated climate zone. Exposure to PM was related to an increased risk of mortality from lung cancer, and both ozone and PM exposure were related to risk of mortality from ischemic heart disease, and the risk varied spatially by climate zone.

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Ozone and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. It’s in the Air We Breathe

Abstract: 21. Thomson E, Kumarathasan P, Goegan P, Aubin RA, Vincent R.Differential regulation of the lung endothelin system by urban particulate matter and ozone.

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Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Associations between long-term PM2.5 and ozone exposure and mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CANCHEC), by spatial synoptic classification zone

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