Short-Term Ambient Air Ozone Exposure and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in a Cohort of Mexican Obese Adolescents

Jorge Octavio Acosta Montes, Albino Barraza Villarreal, Blanca Gladiana Beltrán Piña, Karla Cervantes Martínez, Marlene Cortez Lugo, Isabelle Romieu and Leticia Hernández Cadena ()
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Jorge Octavio Acosta Montes: Facultad de Enfermería y Nutriología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, C. Escorza No. 900 Centro, Chihuahua 31000, Chihuahua, Mexico
Albino Barraza Villarreal: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Blanca Gladiana Beltrán Piña: Facultad de Enfermería y Nutriología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, C. Escorza No. 900 Centro, Chihuahua 31000, Chihuahua, Mexico
Karla Cervantes Martínez: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Marlene Cortez Lugo: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Isabelle Romieu: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico
Leticia Hernández Cadena: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655, Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Morelos, Mexico

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Ambient air pollution is a major global public health concern; little evidence exists about the effects of short-term exposure to ozone on components of metabolic syndrome in young obese adolescents. The inhalation of air pollutants, such as ozone, can participate in the development of oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, insulin resistance, endothelium dysfunction, and epigenetic modification. Metabolic alterations in blood in components of metabolic syndrome (MS) and short-term ambient air ozone exposure were determined and evaluated longitudinally in a cohort of 372 adolescents aged between 9 to 19 years old. We used longitudinal mixed-effects models to evaluate the association between ozone exposure and the risk of components of metabolic syndrome and its parameters separately, adjusted using important variables. We observed statistically significant associations between exposure to ozone in tertiles in different lag days and the parameters associated with MS, especially for triglycerides (20.20 mg/dL, 95% CI: 9.5, 30.9), HDL cholesterol (−2.56 mg/dL (95% CI: −5.06, −0.05), and systolic blood pressure (1.10 mmHg, 95% CI: 0.08, 2.2). This study supports the hypothesis that short-term ambient air exposure to ozone may increase the risk of some components of MS such as triglycerides, cholesterol, and blood pressure in the obese adolescent population.

Keywords: air pollution; exposure assessment; environmental health policy; children’s health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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