Association of short term exposure to Asian dust with increased blood pressure.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution causes hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. Asian dust (AD) reportedly induces asthma or acute myocardial infarction along with air pollution, but its impact on blood pressure (BP) is unknown. We investigated the association between short-term AD exposure and BP fluctuations in 300,952 individuals whose BP was measured during April 2005-March 2015 and divided them into AD and non-AD groups based on visitation for AD-related events. AD's occurrence, air pollutants' concentration (suspended particulate matter, SO₂, NO₂, photochemical oxidants), and meteorological variables (mean ambient temperature, relative humidity) were obtained from a monitoring station; AD events correlated with decreased visibility (< 10 km). We observed 61 AD days, w

SUBMITTER: Ishii M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7572380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature