Association of Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Ozone with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ambient air pollution has been linked to the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). However, evidence of the association is very limited, and no study has estimated the effects of ozone.

Objective

Our aim was to determine the association of prenatal exposures to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) with GDM.

Methods

We used Florida birth vital statistics records to investigate the association between the risk of GDM and two air pollutants (PM2.5 and O3) among 410,267 women who gave birth in Florida between 2004 and 2005. Individual air pollution exposure was assessed at the woman's home address at time of delivery using the hierarchical Bayesian space-time statistical model. We further estimated associations between air pollution

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature