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Ambient Air Pollution and Preeclampsia: A Spatiotemporal Analysis

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Dadvand, Payam, Figueras, Francesc, Basagaña, Xavier, Beelen, Rob, Martinez, David, Cirach, Marta, Schembari, Anna, Hoek, Gerard +2 more·2013·Environmental Health Perspectives

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Background: Available evidence concerning the association between air pollution and preeclampsia is limited, and specific associations with early- and late-onset preeclampsia have not been assessed. Objectives: We investigated the association, if any, between preeclampsia (all, early-, and late-onset) and exposure to nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5; fine particles), ≤ 10 μm, and 2.5–10 μm, and PM2.5 light absorption (a proxy for elemental carbon) during the entire pregnancy and during the first, second, and third trimesters. Methods: This study was based on 8,398 pregnancies (including 103 cases of preeclampsia) among women residing in Barcelona, Spain (2000–2005). We applied a spatiotemporal exposure assessment framework using land use regression models to predict ambient pollutant levels during each week of pregnancy at the geocoded residence address of each woman at the time of birth. Logistic and conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate unadjusted and adjusted associations. Results: We found positive associations for most of our evaluated outcome–exposure pairs, with the strongest associations observed for preeclampsia and late-onset preeclampsia in relation to the third-trimester exposure to fine particulate pollutants, and for early-onset preeclampsia in relation to the first-trimester exposure to fine particulate pollutants. Among our investigated associations, those of first- and third-trimester exposures to PM2.5 and third-trimester exposure to PM2.5 absorbance and all preeclampsia, and third-trimester PM2.5 exposure and late-onset preeclampsia attained statistical significance. Conclusion: We observed increased risk of preeclampsia associated with exposure to fine particulate air pollution. Our findings, in combination with previous evidence suggesting distinct pathogenic mechanisms for early- and late-onset preeclampsia, support additional research on this topic. Citation: Dadvand P, Figueras F, Basagaña X, Beelen R, Martinez D, Cirach M, Schembari A, Hoek G, Brunekreef B, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ. 2013. Ambient air pollution and preeclampsia: a spatiotemporal analysis. Environ Health Perspect 121:1365–1371; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206430

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Dadvand, P., Figueras, F., Basagaña, X., Beelen, R., Martinez, D., Cirach, M., Schembari, A., Hoek, G., Brunekreef, B., & Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J.
Affiliations
  • Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (ES)
  • Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (ES)
  • Utrecht University (NL)
Corresponding author
Dadvand, Payam
Venue
Environmental Health Perspectives
Published
2013-01-01
Volume
121
Issue
11-12
Pages
1365-1371
ISSN
  • 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-9924
OpenAlex
W2055280773
Cited by
145
References
48
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FWCI
7.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • European Commission (211250)
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (JCI-2011-09937)
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
Keywords
preeclampsia, ambient air pollution, PM2.5, elemental carbon, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, early-onset preeclampsia, late-onset preeclampsia, trimester-specific exposure, pregnancy, land use regression, Barcelona
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Air Pollution, Cities, Educational Status, Environmental Exposure, Female, Humans, Nitrogen Oxides, Particle Size, Pre-Eclampsia, Pregnancy, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Smoking, Socioeconomic Factors, Spain, Time Factors, Body Mass Index, Odds Ratio, Statistics, Nonparametric, Particulate Matter

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