Air pollution and atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional analysis of four European cohort studies in the ESCAPE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In four European cohorts, we investigated the cross-sectional association between long-term exposure to air pollution and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CIMT), a preclinical marker of atherosclerosis.

Methods

Individually assigned levels of nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5), absorbance of PM2.5 (PM2.5abs), PM10, PMcoarse, and two indicators of residential proximity to highly trafficked roads were obtained under a standard exposure protocol (European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects-ESCAPE study) in the Stockholm area (Sweden), the Ausburg and Ruhr area (Germany), and the Girona area (Spain). We used linear regression and meta-analyses to examine the association between long-term exposure to air p

SUBMITTER: Perez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4455580 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature