Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution

• Autor(es): Amaral, Andre F. ; Burney, Peter G. ; Patel, Jaymini ; Minelli, Cosetta ; Mejza, Filip ; Mannino, David M. ; Seemungal, Terence A. ; Mahesh, Padukudru Anand ; Lo, Li Cher ; Janson, Christer ; Juvekar, Sanjay ; Denguezli, Meriam ; Harrabi, Imed ; Wouters, Emiel F. ; Cherkaski, Hamid ; Mortimer, Kevin ; Jogi, Rain ; Bateman, Eric D. ; Fuertes, Elaine ; Al Ghobain, Mohammed ; Tan, Wan ; Obaseki, Daniel O. ; El Sony, Asma ; Studnicka, Michael ; Aquart-Stewart, Althea ; Koul, Parvaiz ; Lawin, Herve ; Nafees, Asaad Ahmed ; Awopeju, Olayemi ; Erhabor, Gregory E. ; Gislason, Thorarinn ; Welte, Tobias ; Gulsvik, Amund ; Nielsen, Rune ; Gnatiuc, Louisa ; Kocabas, Ali ; Marks, Guy B. ; Sooronbaev, Talant ; Mbatchou Ngahane, Bertrand Hugo ; Barbara, Cristina ; Buist, A. Sonia ; BOLD Collaborative Research Group ; Dias, Hermínia Brites
• Data: 2021
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/16110
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
• Assunto(s): Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Environmental exposure; Air pollutants; Air pollution; Dust; Particulate matter; Chronic airflow obstruction
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): RCIPL

Descrição

Smoking is the most well-established cause of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) but particulate air pollution and poverty have also been implicated. We regressed the sex-specific prevalence of CAO from 41 Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study sites against smoking prevalence from the same study, the gross national income per capita, and the local annual mean level of ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) using negative binomial regression. The prevalence of CAO was not independently associated with PM2.5 but was strongly associated with smoking and was also associated with poverty. Strengthening tobacco control and improving understanding of the link between CAO and poverty should be prioritized.