Consideration of Cardiovascular Morbidities in the Relationship between Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Individual-Level Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Studies suggest ambient air pollution increases risk of individual-level adverse COVID-19 outcomes. Our review seeks to understand how air pollution influences adverse COVID-19 outcomes, by identifying how researchers accounted for cardiovascular morbidity, a predominant COVID-19 risk factor that is strongly linked to air pollution exposure.

Recent findings

Our review primarily consisted of retrospective cohorts from the US and Europe, that examined both historical and short-term air pollution. Studies typically found that air pollution was associated with greater risk of individual-level adverse COVID-19 outcomes and adjusted for cardiovascular morbidities as confounders. Few hypothesized cardiovascular morbidity as a mediator or effect modifier in this re

SUBMITTER: Kannoth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707389 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature