Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients.
<h4>Background</h4>Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributes to global morbidity and mortality. One way to understand the health effects of PM2.5 is by examining its impact on performed hospital procedures, particularly among those with existing chronic disease. However, such s...
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| author | Samantha Catalano Joshua Moyer Anne Weaver Qian Di Joel D Schwartz Michael Catalano Cavin K Ward-Caviness |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributes to global morbidity and mortality. One way to understand the health effects of PM2.5 is by examining its impact on performed hospital procedures, particularly among those with existing chronic disease. However, such studies are rare. Here, we investigated the associations between annual average PM2.5 and hospital procedures among individuals with heart failure.<h4>Methods</h4>Using electronic health records from the University of North Carolina Healthcare System, we created a retrospective cohort of 15,979 heart failure patients who had at least one of 53 common (frequency > 10%) procedures. We used daily modeled PM2.5 at 1x1 km resolution to estimate the annual average PM2.5 at the time of heart failure diagnosis. We used quasi-Poisson models to estimate associations between PM2.5 and the number of performed hospital procedures over the follow-up period (12/31/2016 or date of death) while adjusting for age at heart failure diagnosis, race, sex, year of visit, and socioeconomic status.<h4>Results</h4>A 1 μg/m3 increase in annual average PM2.5 was associated with increased glycosylated hemoglobin tests (10.8%; 95% confidence interval = 6.56%, 15.1%), prothrombin time tests (15.8%; 95% confidence interval = 9.07%, 22.9%), and stress tests (6.84%; 95% confidence interval = 3.65%, 10.1%). Results were stable under multiple sensitivity analyses.<h4>Conclusions</h4>These results suggest that long-term PM2.5 exposure is associated with an increased need for diagnostic testing on heart failure patients. Overall, these associations give a unique lens into patient morbidity and potential drivers of healthcare costs linked to PM2.5 exposure. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9eac8a4d9b304e83a0e7373b7b894f4a2023-05-14T05:31:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01185e028375910.1371/journal.pone.0283759Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients.Samantha CatalanoJoshua MoyerAnne WeaverQian DiJoel D SchwartzMichael CatalanoCavin K Ward-Caviness<h4>Background</h4>Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contributes to global morbidity and mortality. One way to understand the health effects of PM2.5 is by examining its impact on performed hospital procedures, particularly among those with existing chronic disease. However, such studies are rare. Here, we investigated the associations between annual average PM2.5 and hospital procedures among individuals with heart failure.<h4>Methods</h4>Using electronic health records from the University of North Carolina Healthcare System, we created a retrospective cohort of 15,979 heart failure patients who had at least one of 53 common (frequency > 10%) procedures. We used daily modeled PM2.5 at 1x1 km resolution to estimate the annual average PM2.5 at the time of heart failure diagnosis. We used quasi-Poisson models to estimate associations between PM2.5 and the number of performed hospital procedures over the follow-up period (12/31/2016 or date of death) while adjusting for age at heart failure diagnosis, race, sex, year of visit, and socioeconomic status.<h4>Results</h4>A 1 μg/m3 increase in annual average PM2.5 was associated with increased glycosylated hemoglobin tests (10.8%; 95% confidence interval = 6.56%, 15.1%), prothrombin time tests (15.8%; 95% confidence interval = 9.07%, 22.9%), and stress tests (6.84%; 95% confidence interval = 3.65%, 10.1%). Results were stable under multiple sensitivity analyses.<h4>Conclusions</h4>These results suggest that long-term PM2.5 exposure is associated with an increased need for diagnostic testing on heart failure patients. Overall, these associations give a unique lens into patient morbidity and potential drivers of healthcare costs linked to PM2.5 exposure.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283759 |
| spellingShingle | Samantha Catalano Joshua Moyer Anne Weaver Qian Di Joel D Schwartz Michael Catalano Cavin K Ward-Caviness Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. PLoS ONE |
| title | Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. |
| title_full | Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. |
| title_fullStr | Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. |
| title_short | Associations between long-term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients. |
| title_sort | associations between long term fine particulate matter exposure and hospital procedures in heart failure patients |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283759 |
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