Associations Between Residential Proximity to Traffic and Vascular Disease in a Cardiac Catheterization Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Exposure to mobile source emissions is nearly ubiquitous in developed nations and is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes. There is an ongoing need to understand the specificity of traffic exposure associations with vascular outcomes, particularly in individuals with cardiovascular disease.

Approach and results

We performed a cross-sectional study using 2124 individuals residing in North Carolina, United States, who received a cardiac catheterization at the Duke University Medical Center. Traffic-related exposure was assessed via 2 metrics: (1) the distance between the primary residence and the nearest major roadway; and (2) location of the primary residence in regions defined based on local traffic patterns. We examined 4 cardiovascular disease outcome

SUBMITTER: Ward-Caviness CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972827 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature