Short-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese population

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-92

  Turin, Tanvir Chowdhury ^a,i   Kita, Yoshikuni ^a   Rumana, Nahid ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^d   Ueda, Kayo ^e   Takashima, Naoyuki ^a   Sugihara, Hideki ^f   Morita, Yutaka ^g   Ichikawa, Masaharu ^f   Hirose, Kunihiko ^c   Nitta, Hiroshi ^e   Okayama, Akira ^h   Miura, Katsuyuki ^a   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a,b  

^a Department of Health Science ^*  (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f Takashima General Hospital   (Japan)

^g Makino Hospital   (Japan)

^h First Institute for Health Promotion and Health Care   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Air pollution; Epidemiology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; STROKE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856874135     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335654     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Wellenius GA, Schwartz J, Mittleman MA: Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among medicare beneficiaries. Stroke 2005; 36: 2549-2553.
2. Dominici F, Peng RD, Bell ML, Pham L, Mc-Dermott A, Zeger SL, Samet JM: Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. JAMA 2006; 295: 1127-1134.
3. Lisabeth L, Escobar J, Dvonch J, Sanchez B, Majersik J, Brown D, Smith M, Morgenstern L: Ambient air pollution and risk for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack. Ann Neurol 2008; 64: 53-59.
4. Vidale S, Bonanomi A, Guidotti M, Arnaboldi M, Sterzi R: Air pollution positively correlates with daily stroke admission and in hospital mortality: A study in the urban area of Como, Italy. Neurol Sci 2010; 31: 179-182.
5. Sun Q, Hong X, Wold L: Cardiovascular effects of ambient particulate air pollution exposure. Circulation 2010; 121: 2755-2765.
6. Brook R, Franklin B, Cascio W, Hong Y, Howard G, Lipsett M, Luepker R, Mittleman M, Samet J, Smith Jr. S: Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart Association. Circulation 2004; 109: 2655-2671.
7. Murakami Y, Ono M: Myocardial infarction deaths after high level exposure to particulate matter. J Epidemiol Community Health 2006; 60: 262-266.
8. Ueda K, Nitta H, Ono M: Effects of fine particulate matter on daily mortality for specific heart diseases in Japan. Circ J 2009; 73: 1248-1254.
9. Yamazaki S, Nitta H, Ono M, Green J, Fukuhara S: Intracerebral haemorrhage associated with hourly concentration of ambient particulate matter: Case-crossover analysis. Occup Environ Med 2007; 64: 17-24.
10. Omori T, Fujimoto G, Yoshimura I, Nitta H, Ono M: Effects of particulate matter on daily mortality in 13 Japanese cities. J Epidemiol 2003; 13: 314-322.
11. Turin TC, Kokubo Y, Murakami Y, Higashiyama A, Rumana N, Watanabe M, Okamura T: Lifetime risk of stroke in Japan. Stroke 2010; 41: 1552-1554.
12. Turin T, Kokubo Y, Murakami Y, Higashiyama A, Rumana N, Watanabe M, Okamura T: Lifetime risk of acute myocardial infarction in Japan. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010; 3: 701-703.
13. Turin T, Kita Y, Murakami Y, Rumana N, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Tomioka N, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Abbott R: Higher stroke incidence in the spring season regardless of conventional risk factors: Takashima Stroke Registry, Japan, 1988-2001. Stroke. 2008; 39: 745-752.
14. Rumana N, Kita Y, Turin T, Murakami Y, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Tomioka N, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Ueshima H: Seasonal pattern of incidence and case fatality of acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese population (from the Takashima AMI Registry, 1988 to 2003). Am J Cardiol 2008; 102: 1307-1311.
15. Rumana N, Kita Y, Turin TC, Murakami Y, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Tomioka N, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Abbott RD, Ueshima H: Trend of increase in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese population. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 167: 1358-1364.
16. Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Ichikawa M, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H: Ischemic stroke subtypes in a Japanese population: Takashima Stroke Registry, 1988-2004. Stroke 2010; 41: 1871-1876.
17. Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications of Japan: 2000 Population Census of Japan (in Japanese). Tokyo, Statistical Bureau, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications, Government of Japan, 2001.
18. Ministry of Health and Welfare: Study Pro ject of Monitoring System for Cardiovascular Disease Commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare: Manual for the Registry and Follow-Up of Ischemic Heart Disease (in Japanese). Osaka, National Cardiovascular Center, 1998.
19. Ministry of Health and Welfare: Study Pro ject of Monitoring System for Cardiovascular Disease Commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare: Manual for the Registry and Follow-Up of Stroke (in Japanese). Osaka, National Cardiovascular Center, 1998.
20. World Health Organization MONICA pro ject: Event Registration Data Component, MONICA manual version 1.1. Document for meeting of MONICA principal investigators. 1986.
21. Rubin DR: Inference and missing data. Biometrika 1976; 63: 581-592.
22. Junninen H, Niska H, Tuppurainen K, Ruuskanen J, Kolehmainen M: Methods for imputation of missing values in air quality data sets. Atmos Environ 2004; 38: 2895-2907.
23. Levy D, Lumley T, Sheppard L, Kaufman J, Checkoway H: Referent selection in casecrossover analyses of acute health effects of air pollution. Epidemiology 2001; 12: 186-192.
24. Lumley T, Levy D: Bias in the case-crossover design: Implications for studies of air pollution. Environmetrics 2000; 11: 689-704.
25. Neas L, Schwartz J, Dockery D: A case-crossover analysis of air pollution and mortality in Philadelphia. Environ Health Perspect 1999; 107: 629-631.
26. Bateson T, Schwartz J: Control for seasonal variation and time trend in case-crossover studies of acute effects of environmental exposures. Epidemiology 1999; 10: 539-544.
27. Peters A, Dockery DW, Muller JE, Mittleman MA: Increased particulate air pollution and the triggering of myocardial infarction. Circulation 2001; 103: 2810-2815.
28. Wellenius G, Schwartz J, Mittleman M: Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in seven United States cities. Am J Cardiol 2006; 97: 404-408.
29. Rich D, Schwartz J, Mittleman M, Link M, Luttmann-Gibson H, Catalano P, Speizer F, Dockery D: Association of short-term ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 161: 1123-1132.
30. Zanobetti A, Canner MJ, Stone PH, Schwartz J, Sher D, Eagan-Bengston E, Gates KA, Hartley LH, Suh H, Gold DR: Ambient pollution and blood pressure in cardiac rehabilitation patients. Circulation 2004; 110: 2184-2189.
31. Ghio AJ, Kim C, Devlin RB: Concentrated ambient air particles induce mild pulmonary inflammation in healthy human volunteers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162: 981-988.
32. Schwartz J: Air pollution and blood markers of cardiovascular risk. Environ Health Perspect 2001; 109: 405-409.
33. Brook R, Brook J, Urch B, Vincent R, Rajagopalan S, Silverman F: Inhalation of fine particulate air pollution and ozone causes acute arterial vasoconstriction in healthy adults. Circulation 2002; 105: 1534-1536.
34. Gold DR, Litonjua A, Schwartz J, Lovett E, Larson A, Nearing B, Allen G, Verrier M, Cherry R, Verrier R: Ambient pollution and heart rate variability. Circulation 2000; 101: 1267-1273.
35. World Health Organization: Air quality guidelines -global update 2005. http://www. Who.Int/phe/health-topics/outdoorair-aqg/en/ (accessed on November 20, 2010).
36. Dominici F, McDermott A, Zeger S, Samet J: National maps of the effects of particulate matter on mortality: Exploring geographical variation. Environ Health Perspect 2003; 111: 39-44.
37. Ueda K, Nitta H, Ono M, Takeuchi A: Estimating mortality effects of fine particulate matter in Japan: A comparison of time-series and case-crossover analyses. J Air Waste Manag Assoc 2009; 59: 1212-1218.
38. Turin T, Kita Y, Murakami Y, Rumana N, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Ueshima H: Increase of stroke incidence after weekend regardless of traditional risk factors: Takashima Stroke Registry, Japan; 1988-2003. Cerebrovasc Dis 2007; 24: 328-337.