Associations between Ambient Fine Particulate Oxidative Potential and Cardiorespiratory Emergency Department Visits
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Abrams, Joseph Y.
Weber, Rodney J.
Klein, Mitchel
Samat, Stefanie E.
Chang, Howard H.
Strickland, Matthew J.
Verma, Vishal
Fang, Ting
Bates, Josephine T.
Mulholland, James A.
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2017
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Oxidative potential (OP) has been proposed as a measure of toxicity of ambient particulate matter PM). OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to address an important research gap by using daily OP measurements to conduct population-level analysis of the health effects of measured ambient OP. METHODS: A semi-automated dithiothreitol (DTT) analytical system was used to measure daily average OP (OPDTT) in water-soluble fine PM at a central monitor site in Atlanta, Georgia, over eight sampling periods (a total of 196 d) during June 2012-April 2013. Data on emergency department (ED) visits for selected cardiorespiratory outcomes were obtained for the live-county Atlanta metropolitan area. Poisson log-linear regression models controlling for temporal confounders were used to conduct time-series analyses of the relationship between daily counts of ED visits and either the 3-d moving average (lag 0-2) of OPDTT or same-day OPDTT. Bipollutant regression models were run to estimate the health associations of OPDTT while controlling for other pollutants. RESULTS: OPDTT was measured for 196 d (mean = 0.32 nmol/min/m(3), interquartile range = 0.21). Lag 0-2 OPDTT was associated with El) visits for respiratory disease (RR = 1.03, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.00, 1.05 per interquartile range increase in OPDTT), asthma (RR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.22), and ischemic heart disease (RR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.38). Same-day OPDTT was not associated with ED visits for any outcome. Lag 0-2 OPDTT remained a significant predictor of asthma and ischemic heart disease in most bipollutant models. CONCLUSIONS: Lag 0-2 OPDTT was associated with ED visits for multiple cardiorespiratory outcomes, providing support for the utility of OPDTT as a measure of fine particle toxicity.
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Abrams, J. Y., Weber, R. J., Klein, M., Samat, S. E., Chang, H. H., Strickland, M. J., … Tolbert, P. E. (2017). Associations between Ambient Fine Particulate Oxidative Potential and Cardiorespiratory Emergency Department Visits. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(10), 107008. doi:10.1289/ehp1545
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0091-6765