Exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured by magnetic resonance imaging: A cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been associated with higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. Less is known about the association of air pollution with initial development of cardiovascular disease. Herein, the association between low-level exposure to air pollutants and subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in adults without known clinical cardiovascular disease was investigated.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis within a prospective cohort study.

Setting

The Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds Cohort Study; a pan-Canadian cohort of cohorts.

Participants

Canadian adults (n = 6645) recruited between 2014-2018 from the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, were studied, for whom averages of exposures

SUBMITTER: Azab SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11527219 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature