PM10 exposure interacts with abdominal obesity to increase blood triglycerides: a cross-sectional linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood lipids and glucose levels dysregulation represent potential mechanisms intermediating the adverse cardiovascular effects of ambient particulate matter (PM) exposure. This study aims to estimate the effect of long-term PM10 exposure on blood lipids and glucose levels and to assess the potential mediation and/or modification action of abdominal obesity (AO) (waist-to-height ratio).

Methods

Our study was based on 2,390 participants of the first Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF, 2015) with available data on blood lipids and glucose parameters and living within a 30-km radius of an air quality monitoring station with available PM10 measurements. PM10 concentrations were acquired from the air quality monitoring network of the Portuguese Environment Agen

SUBMITTER: Gaio V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature