Individual PM2.5 component exposure model, elevated blood pressure and hypertension in middle-aged and older adults: A nationwide cohort study from 125 cities in China
2022
Recently, elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension (HTN) have caused a huge burden of health loss. Previous studies used ambient air pollutants as a proxy for individual exposure, limiting the assessment of its multiple exposure to health effects. For the first time, this study constructed individual PM₂.₅ component (SO42−, NO3−, NH4+, OM, and BC) exposure model DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph), DAG-oriented generalized linear model and random forest model, and explored the effects of single and multiple exposures to PM₂.₅ components on BP at different stages by the generalized linear model (GLM) and Quantile g-Computation (QgC) model based on a large cohort study in China. We defined BP in four stages according to the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines. After excluding the lack of key information, the cohort analyses ultimately included 9031 participants. Our results showed that the individual PM₂.₅ component exposure model had good efficacy. Single or multiple exposure to PM₂.₅ components had significant positive effects on normal BP to elevated BP and elevated BP to stage 1 HTN. In addition, males, the elderly and urban residents were more sensitive to PM₂.₅ components. This study provided implications for environmental exposure assessment and control of particulate pollution in the future.
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