Relationship between fine particulate air pollution and ischaemic heart disease morbidity and mortality

Abstract

PM2.5 concentration was significantly associated with IHD morbidity and mortality in Beijing. Our findings provide a rationale for the urgent need for stringent control of air pollution to reduce PM2.5 concentration.

Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and coronary heart disease mortality in 8 Chinese cities

“…It was estimated that CHD led to 0.95 million deaths annually in China [11]. Nevertheless, epidemiological studies examining the associations between air pollution and CHD mortality were quite scarce in this country [12]. Further, exposure-response relationships between air pollution and CHD in China may differ from those reported in developed countries because of differences in levels and chemical components of air pollution mixture, as well as in socioeconomic susceptibility in populations [13].…”

Avaliação de impacto à saúde do Programa de Controle de Poluição do Ar por Veículos Automotores no município de São Paulo, Brasil

“…Em Beijing, foi constatada a associação entre PM 2,5 (PM com diâmetro inferior a 2,5 μm) e morbimortalidade por doença isquêmica do coração e, pelos resultados do estudo, se os padrões da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) tivessem sido adotados, evitar-se-ia o equivalente a mais de 7.700 casos de morbidade e 1.475 óbitos (XIE et al, 2015). Associações similares entre poluição do ar e doenças cardiovasculares também foram encontradas em estudos nos Estados Unidos (THURSTON et al, 2016), em Taiwan (CHANG et al, 2015), no Canadá (VILLENEUVE et al, 2015), na Europa (BRUNEKREEF et al, 2009;LANKI et al, 2015) e no Brasil (BRAGA et al, 2007;ABE & MIRAGLIA, 2016).…”

Short-term effects of ambient fine particulate matter pollution on hospital visits for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Beijing, China

“…Previous studies have indicated that the monitoring data could be used as a proxy for population exposure among individuals living < 40 km from the monitor [26][27][28]. The reliability of PM 2.5 measurements has been validated in previous studies [24,26]. We used daily (24-h) mean concentrations of PM 2.5 as a proxy for population exposure level.…”

“…All areas of high population density (> 5000 people/km 2 ), 97.8% (44/45) of the tertiary hospitals and 79.3% (69/87) of the secondary hospitals in Beijing located within a 40-km radius of the monitor [26]. Previous studies have indicated that the monitoring data could be used as a proxy for population exposure among individuals living < 40 km from the monitor [26][27][28]. The reliability of PM 2.5 measurements has been validated in previous studies [24,26].…”