Associations of long-term fine particulate matter exposure with prevalent hypertension and increased blood pressure in older Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension is a highly prevalent cardiovascular risk factor. It is possible that air pollution, also an established cardiovascular risk factor, may contribute to cardiovascular disease through increasing blood pressure. Previous studies evaluating associations between air pollution and blood pressure have had mixed results.

Methods

We examined the association between long-term (one-year moving average) air pollutant exposures, prevalent hypertension and blood pressure in 4121 older Americans (57+ years) enrolled in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. We estimated exposures to PM_2.5 using spatio-temporal models and used logistic regression accounting for repeated measures to evaluate the association between long-term average PM_2.5

SUBMITTER: Honda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5911215 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature