Cross-sectional associations between air pollution and chronic bronchitis: An ESCAPE meta-analysis across five cohorts

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1005-1014

  Cai, Yutong ^a   Schikowski, Tamara ^b,c,d   Adam, Martin ^b,c   Buschka, Anna ^d   Carsin, Anne Elie ^e   Jacquemin, Benedicte ^e,f,g   Marcon, Alessandro ^h   Sanchez, Margaux ^f,g   Vierkötter, Andrea ^d   Al Kanaani, Zaina ^a   Beelen, Rob ⁱ   Birk, Matthias ^j   Brunekreef, Bert ⁱ   Cirach, Marta ^e   Clavel Chapelon, Franҫoise ^f,g   Declercq, Christophe ^k   De Hoogh, Kees ^a,b,c   De Nazelle, Audrey ^a,e   Ducret Stich, Regina E ^b,c   Ferretti, Virginia Valeria ^l   Forsberg, Bertil ^m   Gerbase, Margaret W ⁿ   Hardy, Rebecca ^o   Heinrich, Joachim ^j   Hoek, Gerard ⁱ   Jarvis, Debbie ^a,p   Keidel, Dirk ^b,c   Kuh, Diana ^o   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^e   Ragettli, Martina S ^b,c   Ranzi, Andrea ^q   Rochat, Thierry ⁿ   Schindler, Christian ^b,c   Sugiri, Dorothea ^d   Temam, Sofia ^f,g   Tsai, Ming Yi ^b,c   Varraso, Raphaëlle ^f,g   Kauffmann, Francine ^f,g   Krämer, Ursula ^d   Sunyer, Jordi ^e   Künzli, Nino ^b,c   Probst Hensch, Nicole ^b,c   Hansell, Anna L ^a,r   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k French Institute for Public Health   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^m UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^q Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^r IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC COUGH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRAFFIC; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84907891191     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204352     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Definition and classification of chronic bronchitis for clinical and epidemiological purposes. A report to the Medical Research Council by their Committee on the Aetiology of Chronic Bronchitis. Lancet 1965;1:775-9.
2. Vestbo J, Prescott E, Lange P. Association of chronic mucus hypersecretion with FEV1 decline and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease morbidity. Copenhagen City Heart Study Group. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:1530-5.
3. Calverley PM. Cough in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: is it important and what are the effects of treatment? Cough 2013;9(1):17.
4. Ryan NM, Birring SS, Gibson PG. Gabapentin for refractory chronic cough: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2012;380:1583-9.
5. Cerveri I, Accordini S, Verlato G, et al. Variations in the prevalence across countries of chronic bronchitis and smoking habits in young adults. Eur Respir J 2001;18:85-92.
6. Schikowski T, Mills IC, Anderson HR, et al. Ambient air pollution: a cause of COPD? Eur Respir J 2014;43:250-63.
7. Jacquemin B, Schikowski T, Carsin AE, et al. The role of air pollution in adult-onset asthma: a review of the current evidence. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2012;33:606-19.
8. Ghio AJ, Huang YC. Exposure to concentrated ambient particles (CAPs): a review. Inhal Toxicol 2004;16:53-9.
9. Valavanidis A, Fiotakis K, Vlachogianni T. Airborne particulate matter and human health: toxicological assessment and importance of size and composition of particles for oxidative damage and carcinogenic mechanisms. J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev 2008;26:339-62.
10. Abbey DE, Hwang BL, Burchette RJ, et al. Estimated long-term ambient concentrations of PM10 and development of respiratory symptoms in a nonsmoking population. Arch Environ Health 1995;50:139-52.
11. Abbey DE, Ostro BE, Petersen F, et al. Chronic respiratory symptoms associated with estimated long-term ambient concentrations of fine particulates less than 2.5 microns in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) and other air pollutants. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 1995;5:137-59.
12. Abbey DE, Petersen F, Mills PK, et al. Long-term ambient concentrations of total suspended particulates, ozone, and sulfur dioxide and respiratory symptoms in a nonsmoking population. Arch Environ Health 1993;48:33-46.
13. Bayer-Oglesby L, Schindler C, Hazenkamp-von Arx ME, et al. Living near main streets and respiratory symptoms in adults: the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults. Am J Epidemiol 2006;164:1190-8.
14. Bennett CM, Simpson P, Raven J, et al. Associations between ambient PM2.5 concentrations and respiratory symptoms in Melbourne, 1998-2005. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2007;70:1613-18.
15. Bentayeb M, Helmer C, Raherison C, et al. Bronchitis-like symptoms and proximity air pollution in French elderly. Respir Med 2010;104:880-8.
16. Euler GL, Abbey DE, Hodgkin JE, et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptom effects of long-term cumulative exposure to ambient levels of total oxidants and nitrogen dioxide in California Seventh-Day Adventist residents. Arch Environ Health 1988;43:279-85.
17. Lindgren A, Stroh E, Montnemery P, et al. Traffic-related air pollution associated with prevalence of asthma and COPD/chronic bronchitis. A cross-sectional study in Southern Sweden. Int J Health Geogr 2009;8:2.
18. Mann SL, Wadsworth ME, Colley JR. Accumulation of factors influencing respiratory illness in members of a national birth cohort and their offspring. J Epidemiol Community Health 1992;46:286-92.
19. Nachman KE, Parker JD. Exposures to fine particulate air pollution and respiratory outcomes in adults using two national datasets: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health 2012;11:25.
20. Nakai S, Nitta H, Maeda K. Respiratory health associated with exposure to automobile exhaust. III. Results of a cross-sectional study in 1987, and repeated pulmonary function tests from 1987 to 1990. Arch Environ Health 1999;54:26-33.
21. Nitta H, Sato T, Nakai S, et al. Respiratory health associated with exposure to automobile exhaust. I. Results of cross-sectional studies in 1979, 1982, and 1983. Arch Environ Health 1993;48:53-8.
22. Schikowski T, Ranft U, Sugiri D, et al. Decline in air pollution and change in prevalence in respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly women. Respir Res 2010;11:113.
23. Schikowski T, Sugiri D, Ranft U, et al. Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to busy roads are associated with COPD in women. Respir Res 2005;6:152.
24. Schindler C, Keidel D, Gerbase MW, et al. Improvements in PM10 exposure and reduced rates of respiratory symptoms in a cohort of Swiss adults (SAPALDIA). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179:579-87.
25. Sunyer J, Jarvis D, Gotschi T, et al. Chronic bronchitis and urban air pollution in an international study. Occup Environ Med 2006;63:836-43.
26. Zemp E, Elsasser S, Schindler C, et al. Long-term ambient air pollution and respiratory symptoms in adults (SAPALDIA study). The SAPALDIA Team. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999;159(4 Pt 1):1257-66.
27. Hazenkamp-von Arx ME, Schindler C, Ragettli MS, et al. Impacts of highway traffic exhaust in alpine valleys on the respiratory health in adults: a cross-sectional study. Environ Health 2011;10:13.
28. Beelen R, Hoek G, Vienneau D, et al. Development of NO2 and NOx land use regression models for estimating air pollution exposure in 36 study areas in Europe -The ESCAPE project. Atmos Environ 2013;72:10-23.
29. Eeftens M, Beelen R, de Hoogh K, et al. Development of Land Use Regression models for PM(2.5), PM(2.5) absorbance, PM(10) and PM(coarse) in 20 European study areas; results of the ESCAPE project. Environ Sci Technol 2012;46:11195-205.
30. Brunekreef B, Forsberg B. Epidemiological evidence of effects of coarse airborne particles on health. Eur Respir J 2005;26:309-18.
31. Gerlofs-Nijland ME, Dormans JA, Bloemen HJ, et al. Toxicity of coarse and fine particulate matter from sites with contrasting traffic profiles. Inhal Toxicol 2007;19:1055-69.
32. Jalava PI, Salonen RO, Pennanen AS, et al. Heterogeneities in infl ammatory and cytotoxic responses of RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line to urban air coarse, fine, and ultrafine particles from six European sampling campaigns. Inhal Toxicol 2007;19:213-25.
33. Gulliver J, de Hoogh K, Hansell A, et al . Development and Back-Extrapolation of NO2 Land Use Regression Models for Historic Exposure Assessment in Great Britain. Environ Sci Technol 2013;47:7804-11.
34. Eeftens M, Beelen R, Fischer P, et al. Stability of measured and modelled spatial contrasts in NO(2) over time. Occup Environ Med 2011;68:765-70.
35. Becklake MR, Kauffmann F. Gender differences in airway behaviour over the human life span. Thorax 1999;54:1119-38.