Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and renal function in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT: Renal dysfunction is prevalent in the US among African Americans. Air pollution is associated with renal dysfunction in mostly white American populations, but has not been studied among African Americans. We evaluated cross-sectional associations between 1-year and 3-year fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and ozone (O₃) concentrations, and renal function among 5090 African American participants in the Jackson Heart Study. We used mixed-effect linear regression to estimate associations between 1-year and 3-year PM_2.5 and O₃ and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), urine albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR), serum creatinine, and serum cystatin C, adjusting for: sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, and medical history and accounting for clu

SUBMITTER: Weaver AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511484 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature