期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 141, 期 6, 页码 2249-+出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.08.028
关键词
Asthma; indoor air pollution; obstructive lung disease; nitrogen dioxide; spirometry; exhaled nitric oxide
资金
- National Institutes of Health [K23AI106945, R01 AI 073964, R01AI 073964-02S1, K24 AI 106822, U01 AI 110397, U10HL098102]
- NIH/NIEHS [K23ES023700, K23AI104780, P01 ES009825, P30ES000002]
- US Environmental Protection Agency [RD-834798, RD-83587201]
- Harvard Catalyst \ Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (National Center for Research Resources, NIH Award) [UL1 TR001102]
- Harvard Catalyst \ Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH Award) [UL1 TR001102]
- Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers
- EPA [RD-83479801, DW-75-92301301]
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) [FAIN: U61TS000237]
Background: Ambient and home exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) causes asthma symptoms and decreased lung function in children with asthma. Little is known about the health effects of school classroom pollution exposure. Objective: We aimed to determine the effect of indoor classroom NO2 on lung function and symptoms in inner-city school children with asthma. Methods: Children enrolled in the School Inner-City Asthma Study were followed for 1 academic year. Subjects performed spirometry and had fraction of exhaled nitric oxide values measured twice during the school year at school. Classroom NO2 was collected by means of passive sampling for 1-week periods twice per year, coinciding with lung function testing. Generalized estimating equation models assessed lung function and symptom relationships with the temporally nearest classroom NO2 level. Results: The mean NO2 value was 11.1 ppb (range, 4.3-29.7 ppb). In total, exposure data were available for 296 subjects, 188 of whom had complete spirometric data. At greater than a threshold of 8 ppb of NO2 and after adjusting for race and season (spirometry standardized by age, height, and sex), NO2 levels were associated highly with airflow obstruction, such that each 10-ppb increase inNO(2) level was associated with a 5% decrease in FEV1/ forced vital capacity ratio (b520.05; 95% CI, 20.08 to 20.02; P=.01). Percent predicted forced expiratory flow between the 25th and 75th percentile of forced vital capacity was also inversely associated with higher NO2 exposure (beta=222.8; 95% CI, 236.0 to 29.7; P=.01). There was no significant association of NO2 levels with percent predictedFEV1, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide, or asthma symptoms. Additionally, there was no effect modification of atopy on lung function or symptom outcomes. Conclusion: In children with asthma, indoor classroom NO2 levels can be associated with increased airflow obstruction.
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