Ambient Air Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions for Chronic Kidney Disease in China: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT: Incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be accelerated (could be indicated by repeated admissions to the hospital) by environmental triggers such as ambient particulate matter (PM). Additionally, hospital admission is a sensitive proxy reflecting the disease burden. However, the association of PM exposure with hospital admissions for CKD is still unknown, let alone the excess risks (ERs) in hospital admissions for CKD due to high PM level exposure. In this study, a two-stage time-stratified case-crossover study was conducted to investigate the association of ambient air PM exposure with hospital admission for CKD in 282 Chinese cities of prefecture-level or above during 2013-2017. City-specific associations of single and cumulative 0-3 days lagged exposure to fine particulate matter (PM<

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11504634 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature