Five-year exposure to PM_2.5 and ozone and subclinical atherosclerosis in late midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effects of more than one-year exposure to air pollution on atherosclerosis is seldom studied. This paper aims to examine the association between five-year exposure to particulate matter ≤2.5 μm (PM_2.5), ozone (O₃) and atherosclerosis observed about seven years later in late midlife women.

Material and methods

This study was conducted among 1188 women of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) from five sites, Detroit, MI; Oakland, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Chicago, IL; and Newark, NJ, with available data on both air pollutant exposure and carotid ultrasound scans. Five-year mean annualized exposure levels of two air pollutants, PM_2.5 and ozone (O₃), were collected during 5 SWAN visits (1999-2005) from monitors 2

SUBMITTER: Duan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6408975 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature