Associations between air pollution and multimorbidity in the UK Biobank: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-term exposure to air pollution concentrations is known to be adversely associated with a broad range of single non-communicable diseases, but its role in multimorbidity has not been investigated in the UK. We aimed to assess associations between long-term air pollution exposure and multimorbidity status, severity, and patterns using the UK Biobank cohort.

Methods

Multimorbidity status was calculated based on 41 physical and mental conditions. We assessed cross-sectional associations between annual modeled particulate matter (PM)_2.5, PM_coarse, PM₁₀, and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) concentrations (μg/m³-modeled to residential address) and multimorbidity status at the baseline assessment (2006-2010) in 364,144 pe

SUBMITTER: Ronaldson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9755180 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature