Journal
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Volume 57, Issue 4, Pages 339-344Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.009
Keywords
Prevention; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Air pollution; Particulate matter; Prospective cohort study
Funding
- Environment and Health Fund (EHF), Jerusalem, Israel [RGA 0904]
- Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research [r/89/2008]
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Introduction. Chronic environmental exposure to particulate matter <2.5 mu m in diameter (PM2.5) has been associated with cardiovascular disease; however, the effect of air pollution on myocardial infarction (MI) survivors is not clear. We studied the association of chronic exposure to PM2.5 with death and recurrent cardiovascular events in MI survivors. Methods. Consecutive patients aged <= 65 years admitted to all medical centers in central Israel after first-MI in 1992-1993 were followed through 2005 for cardiovascular events and 2011 for survival. Data on sociodemographic and prognostic factors were collected at baseline and during follow-up. Residential exposure to PM2.5 was estimated for each patient based on data recorded at air quality monitoring stations. Cox and Andersen-Gill proportional hazards models were used to study the pollution-outcome association. Results. Among the 1120 patients, 469(41.9%) died and 541 (483%) experienced one or more recurrent cardiovascular event. The adjusted hazard ratios associated with a 10 mu g/m(3) increase in PM2.5 exposure were 1.3 (95% CI 0.8-2.1) for death and 1.5 (95% CI 1.1-1.9) for multiple recurrences of cardiovascular events (MI, heart failure and stroke). Conclusion. When adjustment for socio-demographic factors is performed, cumulative chronic exposure to PM2.5 is positively associated with recurrence of cardiovascular events in patients after a first MI. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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