Long-Term Particulate Matter Exposure and Incidence of Arrhythmias: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Studies have shown that short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with cardiac arrhythmia hospitalization and mortality. However, the relationship between long-term particulate matter air pollution and arrhythmias is still unclear. We evaluate the prospective association between particulate matter (PM) air pollution and the risk of incident arrhythmia and its subtypes. Methods and Results Participants were drawn from a prospective cohort study of 178 780 men and women who attended regular health screening exams in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea, from 2002 to 2016. Exposure to PM with an aerodynamic diameter of ≤10 and ≤2.5 μm (PM₁₀ and PM_2.5, respectively) was estimated using a land-use regression model. The associations between long-term PM air poll

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7763729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature