scholarly journals Meta-Analysis Methods to Estimate the Shape and Uncertainty in the Association Between Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Cause-Specific Mortality Over the Global Concentration Range

Risk Analysis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1813-1825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hwashin Hyun Shin ◽  
Aaron J. Cohen ◽  
C. Arden Pope ◽  
Majid Ezzati ◽  
Stephen S. Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Specific Mortality

Short-term and long-term exposures to fine particulate matter constituents and health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
pp. 874-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Zengliang Ruan ◽  
Xiaojie Wang ◽  
Yin Yang ◽  
Tonya G. Mason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Fine Particulate

scholarly journals Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and natural-cause and cause-specific mortality in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. e051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Yorifuji ◽  
Saori Kashima ◽  
Yasunari Tani ◽  
Junji Yamakawa ◽  
Hiroyuki Doi
Keyword(s):  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
Specific Mortality

scholarly journals Long‐Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Is Associated With 30‐Day Readmissions and Hospital Visits Among Patients With Heart Failure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cavin K. Ward‐Caviness, ◽  
Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, ◽  
Joshua Moyer, ◽  
Anne M. Weaver, ◽  
Wayne E. Cascio, ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Particulate Matter ◽  
Fine Particulate Matter ◽  
Total Hospital ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Hospital Visits ◽  
Pollution Exposure

Background Long‐term air pollution exposure is a significant risk factor for inpatient hospital admissions in the general population. However, we lack information on whether long‐term air pollution exposure is a risk factor for hospital readmissions, particularly in individuals with elevated readmission rates. Methods and Results We determined the number of readmissions and total hospital visits (outpatient visits+emergency room visits+inpatient admissions) for 20 920 individuals with heart failure. We used quasi‐Poisson regression models to associate annual average fine particulate matter at the date of heart failure diagnosis with the number of hospital visits and 30‐day readmissions. We used inverse probability weights to balance the distribution of confounders and adjust for the competing risk of death. Models were adjusted for age, race, sex, smoking status, urbanicity, year of diagnosis, short‐term fine particulate matter exposure, comorbid disease, and socioeconomic status. A 1‐µg/m 3 increase in fine particulate matter was associated with a 9.31% increase (95% CI, 7.85%–10.8%) in total hospital visits, a 4.35% increase (95% CI, 1.12%–7.68%) in inpatient admissions, and a 14.2% increase (95% CI, 8.41%–20.2%) in 30‐day readmissions. Associations were robust to different modeling approaches. Conclusions These results highlight the potential for air pollution to play a role in hospital use, particularly hospital visits and readmissions. Given the elevated frequency of hospitalizations and readmissions among patients with heart failure, these results also represent an important insight into modifiable environmental risk factors that may improve outcomes and reduce hospital use among patients with heart failure.

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