The association of traffic-related air and noise pollution with maternal blood pressure and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the HOME study cohort.

ABSTRACT: Traffic-related air and noise pollution may increase the risk for cardiovascular disorders, especially among susceptible populations like pregnant women. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of exposure to traffic-related air pollution and traffic noise with blood pressure in pregnant women. We extracted systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at ≥20 weeks gestation, as well as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy from medical records in the HOME Study, a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort from Cincinnati, OH (n = 370). We estimated exposure to elemental carbon attributable to traffic (ECAT),¹ a marker of traffic-related air pollution, at women's residences at ~20 weeks gestation using a validated land use regression model and t

SUBMITTER: Sears CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252254 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature