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Cardiovascular Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution: Epidemiological Evidence of General Pathophysiological Pathways of Disease

Pope, C. Arden, Burnett, Richard T., Thurston, George D., Thun, Michael J., Calle, Eugenia E., Krewski, Daniel, Godleski, John J.·2004·Circulation
DOI 10.1161/01.cir.0000108927.80044.7f
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Background— Epidemiologic studies have linked long-term exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM) to broad cause-of-death mortality. Associations with specific cardiopulmonary diseases might be useful in exploring potential mechanistic pathways linking exposure and mortality. Methods and Results— General pathophysiological pathways linking long-term PM exposure with mortality and expected patterns of PM mortality with specific causes of death were proposed a priori. Vital status, risk factor, and cause-of-death data, collected by the American Cancer Society as part of the Cancer Prevention II study, were linked with air pollution data from United States metropolitan areas. Cox Proportional Hazard regression models were used to estimate PM-mortality associations with specific causes of death. Long-term PM exposures were most strongly associated with mortality attributable to ischemic heart disease, dysrhythmias, heart failure, and cardiac arrest. For these cardiovascular causes of death, a 10-μg/m 3 elevation in fine PM was associated with 8% to 18% increases in mortality risk, with comparable or larger risks being observed for smokers relative to nonsmokers. Mortality attributable to respiratory disease had relatively weak associations. Conclusions— Fine particulate air pollution is a risk factor for cause-specific cardiovascular disease mortality via mechanisms that likely include pulmonary and systemic inflammation, accelerated atherosclerosis, and altered cardiac autonomic function. Although smoking is a much larger risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality, exposure to fine PM imposes additional effects that seem to be at least additive to if not synergistic with smoking.

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Authors
Pope, C. A., Burnett, R. T., Thurston, G. D., Thun, M. J., Calle, E. E., Krewski, D., & Godleski, J. J.
Affiliations
Brigham Young University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Circulation
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Published
2004-01-06
Volume
109
Issue
1
Pages
71-77
ISSN
  • 0009-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4539
DOI
10.1161/01.cir.0000108927.80044.7f
OpenAlex
W2096673955
Cited by
2,592
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 79 · 2023: 83 · 2022: 108 · 2021: 152 · 2020: 156 · 2019: 130 · 2018: 157 · 2017: 130 · 2016: 133 · 2015: 148 · 2014: 141 · 2013: 157 · 2012: 125
FWCI
44.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Circulation (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES 08129, R01ES012972, ES00260, ES09560, P30ES000002, P30ES000260, P01ES008129, R01ES009560)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Energy and Environment Impacts
Keywords
PM2.5, air pollution, cardiovascular mortality, cause-specific mortality, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiac arrest, cardiac arrhythmias, respiratory mortality, smoking, lung inflammation, atherosclerosis, cardiac autonomic function
MeSH terms
Adult, Air Pollution, Arteriosclerosis, Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Female, Heart, Humans, Inflammation, Lung Diseases, Male, Particle Size, Prospective Studies, Smoking, Time Factors, United States, Odds Ratio, Myocardial Ischemia, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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