Associations between Long-Term Particulate Matter Exposure and Adult Renal Function in the Taipei Metropolis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on the effect of air pollutions on kidney diseases are still limited.

Objective

We aimed to investigate the associations between particulate matter (PM) exposures and renal function among adults.

Methods

We recruited 21,656 adults as participants from 2007 to 2009. The Taiwanese Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation was used to derive the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Subjects with an eGFR lower than 60 mL/min/1.73 m² were defined as having chronic kidney disease (CKD). Land use regression (LUR) models were used to estimate individual exposures to PM with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm (PM₁₀), coarse particles (PM_Coarse), fine particles (PM_2.5), and PM_2.5

SUBMITTER: Yang YR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381984 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature