Exposure-response associations between chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and risks of hospital admission for major cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate exposure-response associations between chronic exposure to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and risks of the first hospital admission for major cardiovascular disease (CVD) subtypes.

Design

Population based cohort study.

Setting

Contiguous US.

Participants

59 761 494 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years during 2000-16. Calibrated PM_2.5 predictions were linked to each participant's residential zip code as proxy exposure measurements.

Main outcome measures

Risk of the first hospital admission during follow-up for ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, valvular heart disease, thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, or a composite of these CVD su

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879983 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature