Association between Atmospheric Particulate Pollutants and Mortality for Cardio-Cerebrovascular Diseases in Chinese Korean Population: A Case-Crossover Study

Chao Zhang, Zhenyu Quan, Qincheng Wu, Zhezhen Jin, Joseph H. Lee, Chunhua Li, Yuxin Zheng and Lianhua Cui
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Chao Zhang: School of Public Health, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China
Zhenyu Quan: Medical School of Yanbian University, Yanji City 133002, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China
Qincheng Wu: School of Public Health, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China
Zhezhen Jin: Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Joseph H. Lee: Sergievsky Center, Taub Institute, and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Chunhua Li: Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Yanji City 133000, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China
Yuxin Zheng: School of Public Health, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China
Lianhua Cui: School of Public Health, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266021, Shandong Province, China

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-12

Abstract: Background: Air pollution in large Chinese cities has led to recent studies that highlighted the relationship between particulate matters (PM) and elevated risk of cardio-cerebrovascular mortality. However, it is unclear as to whether: (1) The same adverse relations exist in cities with relatively low levels of air pollution; and (2) the relationship between the two are similar across ethnic groups. Methods: We collected data of PM 2.5 (PM with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm) and PM 10 (aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 µm) in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016. Using a time-stratified case-crossover design, we investigated whether levels of particulate pollutants influence the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease mortality among ethnic Korean vs. ethnic Han residents residing in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Results: Under the single air pollutant model, the odds ratios (ORs) of cardio-cerebrovascular disease were 1.025 (1.024–1.026) for each 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 2.5 at lag0 day, 1.012 (1.011–1.013) for each 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 10 at lag1 day. In the multi-pollutant model adjusted by PM 10 , SO 2 , and NO 2 , the ORs of cardio-cerebrovascular disease were 1.150 (1.145–1.155) for ethnic Koreans and 1.154 (1.149–1.158) for ethnic Hans for each 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 2.5 . In the multi-pollutant model adjusted by PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO 2 , the ORs of cardio-cerebrovascular disease were 1.050 (1.047–1.053) for ethnic Koreans and 1.041 (1.039–1.043) for ethnic Hans for each 10 μg/m 3 increase in PM 10 . Conclusion: This study showed that PM 2.5 and PM 10 were associated with increased risks of acute death events in residential cardio-cerebrovascular disease in Yanbian, China.

Keywords: PM 2.5; PM 10; cardiovascular disease; cerebrovascular disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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