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Yorifuji, Takashi
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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Kashima, Saori
Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University
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Abstract | Background
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked with increased risk of adverse health outcomes, but the evidence for the association between nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and mortality is weak because of the inadequate adjustment of potential confounders and limited spatial resolution of the exposure assessment. Moreover, there are concerns about the independent effects of NO2. Therefore, we examined the association between NO2 long-term exposure and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
Methods
We included participants who were enrolled in health checkups in Okayama City, Japan, in 2006 or 2007 and were followed until 2016. We used a land-use regression model to estimate the average NO2 concentrations from 2006 to 2007 and allocated them to the participants. We estimated hazard ratios (HRs) for a 10-μg/m3 increase in NO2 levels for all-cause or cause-specific mortality using Cox proportional hazard models.
Results
After excluding the participants who were assigned with outlier exposures, a total of 73,970 participants were included in the analyses. NO2 exposure was associated with increased risk of mortality and the HRs and their confidence intervals were 1.06 (95% CI: 1.02, 1.11) for all-cause, 1.02 (0.96, 1.09) for cardiopulmonary, and 1.36 (1.14, 1.63) for lung cancer mortality. However, the elevated risks became equivocal after the adjustment for fine particulate matter except lung cancer.
Conclusion
Long-term exposure to NO2 was associated with increased risk of all-cause, cardiopulmonary, and lung cancer mortality. The elevated risk for lung cancer was still observable even after adjustment for fine particulate matter.
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Keywords | Air pollution
Epidemiology
Nitrogen dioxide
Lung cancer
Mortality
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Note | © 2020 Elsevier B.V. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
This is the accepted manuscript version. The formal published version is available at 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140465
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Published Date | 2020-06-25
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Publication Title |
Science of The Total Environment
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Volume | volume741
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Issue | issue1
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Publisher | Elsevier
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Start Page | 140465
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ISSN | 0048-9697
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NCID | AA00836666
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Journal Article
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English
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岡山大学
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Copyright Holders | © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
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助成番号 | 17K09085
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