Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

<h4>Background</h4> <p>The majority of prospective studies on the health effects of particulate ambient air pollution (AAP) exposure have focused on high income countries where pollutant concentrations are much lower than in low and/or middle income countries (LMICs) and sources o...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Newell, K, Kartsonaki, C, Lam, K, Kurmi, O
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منشور في: Elsevier 2017
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author Newell, K
Kartsonaki, C
Lam, K
Kurmi, O
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Kartsonaki, C
Lam, K
Kurmi, O
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description <h4>Background</h4> <p>The majority of prospective studies on the health effects of particulate ambient air pollution (AAP) exposure have focused on high income countries where pollutant concentrations are much lower than in low and/or middle income countries (LMICs) and sources of pollution different. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the cardiorespiratory health impacts of particulate AAP exposure in LMICs exclusively. </p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Systematic searching located studies examining cardiorespiratory health impacts of particulate AAP exposure in LMICs. Estimates were pooled by pollutant type (PM2.5, PM10), lag and outcome, and presented as excess relative risk per 10µg/m3 increase in particulate AAP. Publication bias and sources of heterogeneity were explored and sub-group analysis performed pooling estimates by specific outcomes, region, and city. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO number CRD42016051733.</p> <h4>Findings</h4> <p>From 1553 abstracts, 91 met the inclusion criteria. Only four long-term exposure studies from China were identified and not included in the meta-analysis. A 10µg/m3 increase in same-day PM2.5 was associated with a 0·47% (95% CI 0·34, 0·61) and 0·57% (0·28, 0·86) increase in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality respectively. Risk of respiratory morbidity was greatest at 2 day moving average lags, with a pooled increase of 0·33% (0·07, 0·6) and 0.76% (0·52, 1·01) for 10µg/m3 increases in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations respectively. Stronger associations were found for mortality and morbidity in Latin America and the Caribbean versus East Asia and Pacific, however heterogeneity for these findings was high.</p> <h4>Interpretation</h4> <p>Short term exposure to particulate AAP is associated with increases in morbidity and mortality in LMIC’s with regional-specific variations apparent.</p>
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spelling oxford-uuid:c49b2e41-46d6-4a2c-aeb5-631fe2f0bf7c2022-03-27T06:24:51ZCardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c49b2e41-46d6-4a2c-aeb5-631fe2f0bf7cSymplectic Elements at OxfordElsevier2017Newell, KKartsonaki, CLam, KKurmi, O <h4>Background</h4> <p>The majority of prospective studies on the health effects of particulate ambient air pollution (AAP) exposure have focused on high income countries where pollutant concentrations are much lower than in low and/or middle income countries (LMICs) and sources of pollution different. This systematic review and meta-analysis examines the cardiorespiratory health impacts of particulate AAP exposure in LMICs exclusively. </p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Systematic searching located studies examining cardiorespiratory health impacts of particulate AAP exposure in LMICs. Estimates were pooled by pollutant type (PM2.5, PM10), lag and outcome, and presented as excess relative risk per 10µg/m3 increase in particulate AAP. Publication bias and sources of heterogeneity were explored and sub-group analysis performed pooling estimates by specific outcomes, region, and city. The study protocol is registered with PROSPERO number CRD42016051733.</p> <h4>Findings</h4> <p>From 1553 abstracts, 91 met the inclusion criteria. Only four long-term exposure studies from China were identified and not included in the meta-analysis. A 10µg/m3 increase in same-day PM2.5 was associated with a 0·47% (95% CI 0·34, 0·61) and 0·57% (0·28, 0·86) increase in cardiovascular and respiratory mortality respectively. Risk of respiratory morbidity was greatest at 2 day moving average lags, with a pooled increase of 0·33% (0·07, 0·6) and 0.76% (0·52, 1·01) for 10µg/m3 increases in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations respectively. Stronger associations were found for mortality and morbidity in Latin America and the Caribbean versus East Asia and Pacific, however heterogeneity for these findings was high.</p> <h4>Interpretation</h4> <p>Short term exposure to particulate AAP is associated with increases in morbidity and mortality in LMIC’s with regional-specific variations apparent.</p>
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Kartsonaki, C
Lam, K
Kurmi, O
Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort cardiorespiratory health effects of particulate ambient air pollution exposure in low income and middle income countries a systematic review and meta analysis
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