The Association Between Short-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Patient-Level Home Blood Pressure Among Patients With Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases in a Web-Based Synchronous Telehealth Care Program: Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and blood pressure has been inconsistent, as reported in the literature.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between short-term ambient air pollution exposure and patient-level home blood pressure (HBP).

Methods

Patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases from a telehealth care program at a university-affiliated hospital were enrolled as the study population. HBP was measured by patients or their caregivers. Hourly meteorological data (including temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and rainfall) and ambient air pollution monitoring data (including CO, NO₂, particulate matter with a diameter of <10 µm, particulate matter with a diameter of <2.5 µm,

SUBMITTER: Huang CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238492 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature