Comparison of PM2.5 Air Pollution Exposures and Health Effects Associations Using 11 Different Modeling Approaches in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many approaches to quantifying air pollution exposures have been developed. However, the impact of choice of approach on air pollution estimates and health-effects associations remains unclear.

Objectives

Our objective is to compare particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5μm (PM2.5) concentrations and resulting health effects associations using multiple estimation approaches previously used in epidemiologic analyses.

Methods

We assigned annual PM2.5 exposure estimates from 1999 to 2004 derived from 11 different approaches to Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) participant addresses within the contiguous US. Approaches included geostatistical interpolation approaches, land-use regression or spatiotemporal models, satellite-derived approac

SUBMITTER: Power MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790222 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature