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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 147, 期 -, 页码 331-342出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.02.024
关键词
Biomass combustion; Black carbon; Cardiovascular; Acute effects; Panel study
资金
- Initiative for Renewable Energy
- Environment and a Discovery Grant at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research New Investigator Award [141959]
- Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health [137353]
Background: Almost half the world's population is exposed to household air pollution from biomass and coal combustion. The acute effects of household air pollution on the cardiovascular system are poorly characterized. We conducted a panel study of rural Indian women to assess whether personal exposures to black carbon during cooking were associated with acute changes in blood pressure. Methods: We enrolled 45 women (ages 25-66 years) who cooked with biomass fuels. During cooking sessions in winter and summer, we simultaneously measured their personal real-time exposure to black carbon and conducted ambulatory blood pressure measurements every 10 min. We recorded ambient temperature and participants' activities while cooking. We assessed body mass index, socioeconomic status, and salt intake. Multivariate mixed effects regression models with random intercepts were used to estimate the associations between blood pressure and black carbon exposure, e.g., average exposure in the minutes preceding blood pressure measurement, and average exposure over an entire cooking session. Results: Women's geometric mean (GM) exposure to black carbon during cooking sessions was lower in winter (GM: 40 mu g/m(3); 95% CI: 30, 53) than in summer (GM: 56 mu g/m(3); 95% CI: 42, 76). Interquartile range increases in black carbon were associated with changes in systolic blood pressure from -0.4 mm Hg (95% CI: -2.3, 1.5) to 1.9 mm Hg (95% CI: -0.8, 4.7), with associations increasing in magnitude as black carbon values were assessed over greater time periods preceding blood pressure measurement. Interquartile range increases in black carbon were associated with small decreases in diastolic blood pressure from -0.9 mm Hg (95% CI: -1.7, -0.1) to -0.4 mm Hg (95% CI: -1.6, 0.8). Associations of a similar magnitude were estimated for cooking session-averaged values. Conclusions: We found some evidence of an association between exposure to black carbon and acute increases in systolic blood pressure in Indian women cooking with biomass fuels, which may have implications for the development of cardiovascular diseases. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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