Exposure to Particulate Matter Is Associated With Elevated Blood Pressure and Incident Hypertension in Urban India.

ABSTRACT: Ambient air pollution, specifically particulate matter of diameter <2.5 μm, is reportedly associated with cardiovascular disease risk. However, evidence linking particulate matter of diameter <2.5 μm and blood pressure (BP) is largely from cross-sectional studies and from settings with lower concentrations of particulate matter of diameter <2.5 μm, with exposures not accounting for myriad time-varying and other factors such as built environment. This study aimed to study the association between long- and short-term ambient particulate matter of diameter <2.5 μm exposure from a hybrid spatiotemporal model at 1-km×1-km spatial resolution with longitudinally measured systolic and diastolic BP and incident hypertension in 5342 participants from urban Delhi, India, within an ongoing representat

SUBMITTER: Prabhakaran D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484465 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature