Long term exposure to NO2 and diabetes incidence in the Black Women's Health Study.

ABSTRACT: While laboratory studies show that air pollutants can potentiate insulin resistance, the epidemiologic evidence regarding the association of air pollution with diabetes incidence is conflicting. The purpose of the present study was to assess the association of the traffic-related nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with the incidence of diabetes in a longitudinal cohort study of African American women. We used Cox proportional hazards models to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for diabetes associated with exposure to NO2 among 43,003 participants in the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS). Pollutant levels at participant residential locations were estimated with 1) a land use regression model for participants living in 56 metropolitan areas, and 2) a dispersion model for particip

SUBMITTER: Coogan PF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4874900 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature