Ambient wintertime particulate air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in Monroe County, New York.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have reported associations between ambient fine particle (PM_2.5) concentrations and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). However, none have examined whether ultrafine particles (UFP; < 100 nm), accumulation mode particles (AMP; 100-500 nm), markers of traffic pollution (black carbon; BC), or wood burning (Delta-C; (30% of ambient wintertime PM_2.5 in Monroe County, NY is from wood burning)) are associated with an increased odds of HDP. We estimated the odds of HDP associated with increased concentrations of PM_2.5, UFP, AMP, BC, and Delta-C in each gestational month during winter months.

Methods

Electronic medical records and birth certificate data were linked with land-use regression models in Monroe County, N

SUBMITTER: Assibey-Mensah V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085918 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature