Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Subclinical Cerebrovascular Disease in NOMAS (the Northern Manhattan Study).

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. We hypothesized that long-term exposure to air pollution would be associated with magnetic resonance imaging markers of subclinical cerebrovascular disease.

Methods

Participants were 1075 stroke-free individuals aged ≥50 years drawn from the magnetic resonance imaging subcohort of the Northern Manhattan Study who had lived at the same residence for at least 2 years before magnetic resonance imaging. Cross-sectional associations between ambient air pollution and subclinical cerebrovascular disease were analyzed.

Results

We found an association between distance to roadway, a proxy for residential exposure to traffic pollution, and white

SUBMITTER: Kulick ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5487287 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature