Preconception air pollution exposure and glucose tolerance in healthy pregnant women in a middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preconception exposure to air pollution has been associated with glucose tolerance during pregnancy. However, the evidence in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) is under debate yet. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the relationship between exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) and traffic indicators with glucose tolerance in healthy pregnant women in Sabzevar, Iran (2019).

Methods

Two-hundred and fifty healthy pregnant women with singleton pregnancies and 24-26 weeks of gestations participated in our study. Land use regression (LUR) models were applied to estimate the annual mean of PM₁, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ at the residential address. Traffic indicators, including proximity of women to major roads as well as total street

SUBMITTER: Najafi ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727159 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature