Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of venous thromboembolism in a large administrative cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Venous thromboembolisms (VTE) are one of the most frequent cause among the cardiovascular diseases. Despite the association between long-term exposure to air pollution and cardiovascular outcomes have been widely explored in epidemiological literature, little is known about the air pollution related effects on VTE. We aimed to evaluate this association in a large administrative cohort in 15 years of follow-up.

Methods

Air pollution exposure (NO₂, PM₁₀ and PM_2.5) was derived by land use regression models obtained by the ESCAPE framework. Administrative health databases were used to identify VTE cases. To estimate the association between air pollutant exposures and risk of hospitalizations for VTE (in total and divided in deep vein t

SUBMITTER: Renzi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793234 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature