Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have investigated effects of air pollution on the incidence of cerebrovascular events.

Objectives

We assessed the association between long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants and the incidence of stroke in European cohorts.

Methods

Data from 11 cohorts were collected, and occurrence of a first stroke was evaluated. Individual air pollution exposures were predicted from land-use regression models developed within the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE). The exposures were: PM2.5 [particulate matter (PM) ≤ 2.5 μm in diameter], coarse PM (PM between 2.5 and 10 μm), PM10 (PM ≤ 10 μm), PM2.5 absorbance, nitrogen oxides, and two traffic indicators. Cohort-specific analyses were conducted using Cox proportional hazards mod

SUBMITTER: Stafoggia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153743 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature