PM_2.5 Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease-Associated Disability among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence regards the role of ambient particles on morbidity and mortality caused by cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, there was no evidence about the association between ambient particles and CVD-associated disability. This study used large national representative data to investigate the relationship between long-term exposure to an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 2.5 µm (PM_2.5) and CVD-associated disability among Chinese adults aged 45 years old and above and estimated the burden of CVD-associated disability attributed to PM_2.5.

Methods

Using data from the Second National Sample Survey on Disability, this study used a combination of self-reports or family members' reports and on-site medical diagnosis by experien

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205374 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature