Associations of PM10 with sleep and sleep-disordered breathing in adults from seven U.S. urban areas.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), the recurrent episodic disruption of normal breathing during sleep, affects as much as 17% of U.S. adults, and may be more prevalent in poor urban environments. SDB and air pollution have been linked to increased cardiovascular diseases and mortality, but the association between pollution and SDB is poorly understood.

Objectives

We used data from the Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS), a U.S. multicenter cohort study assessing cardiovascular and other consequences of SDB, to examine whether particulate air matter less than 10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM(10)) was associated with SDB among persons 39 years of age and older.

Methods

Using baseline data from SHHS urban sites, outcomes included the following: the respiratory dist

SUBMITTER: Zanobetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2949406 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature