Spatial environmental factors predict cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: Results of the SPACE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental exposures account for a growing proportion of global mortality. Large cohort studies are needed to characterize the independent impact of environmental exposures on mortality in low-income settings.

Methods

We collected data on individual and environmental risk factors for a multiethnic cohort of 50,045 individuals in a low-income region in Iran. Environmental risk factors included: ambient fine particular matter air pollution; household fuel use and ventilation; proximity to traffic; distance to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) center; socioeconomic environment; population density; local land use; and nighttime light exposure. We developed a spatial survival model to estimate the independent associations between these environmental exposures

SUBMITTER: Hadley MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231727 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature