Air pollution and blood pressure in the elderly: evidence from a panel study in Nanjing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air pollution is known to have notable negative effects on human health. Recently, the effect of air pollution on blood pressure among the elderly has attracted researchers' attention. However, the existing evidence is not consistent, given that positive, null, and negative outcomes are presented in the literature. In this study, we investigated the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and indices of air pollutants (PM_2.5, PM₁₀, and air quality index) in a specific elderly population through a panel study to address this knowledge gap.

Methods

We obtained repeated BP measurements from January 2017 to May 2019 in a panel of 619 elderly with a total of 5106 records in Nanjing, China. Data on daily indices of ambient air pollutants, includin

SUBMITTER: Lin YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483594 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature