Short-term fluctuations in personal black carbon exposure are associated with rapid changes in carotid arterial stiffening

Environment International

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 228-234

  Provost, Eline B ^a,b   Louwies, Tijs ^a,b   Cox, Bianca ^a   op 't Roodt, Jos ^a,c   Solmi, Francesca ^a   Dons, Evi ^a,b   Int Panis, Luc ^a   De Boever, Patrick ^a,b   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air pollution exposure; Arterial stiffness; Black carbon; Carotid artery; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; ELASTIC MODULI; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLACK CARBON; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY STIFFNESS; TIME ACTIVITY PATTERNS; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; YOUNG'S ELASTIC MODULUS;

STIFFNESS;

BLACK CARBON; AIR POLLUTANT; SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID DISTENSIBILITY; COMPLIANCE COEFFICIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICRO AETHALOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; YOUNG MODULUS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BELGIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; SOOT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BELGIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SOOT; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953440006     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.023     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Adamopoulos D., Vyssoulis G., Karpanou E., Kyvelou S.M., Argacha J.F., Cokkinos D., Stefanadis C., van de Borne P. Environmental determinants of blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and central hemodynamics. J. Hypertens. 2010, 28:903-909.
2. Alexeeff S.E., Schwartz J., Kloog I., Chudnovsky A., Koutrakis P., Coull B.A. Consequences of kriging and land use regression for PM2.5 predictions in epidemiologic analyses: insights into spatial variability using high-resolution satellite data. J. Expo. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2015, 25:138-144.
3. Araujo J.A., Nel A.E. Particulate matter and atherosclerosis: role of particle size, composition and oxidative stress. Part. Fibre Toxicol. 2009, 6:24.
4. Bauer M., Caviezel S., Teynor A., Erbel R., Mahabadi A.A., Schmidt-Trucksass A. Carotid intima-media thickness as a biomarker of subclinical atherosclerosis. Swiss Med. Wkly. 2012, 142:w13705.
5. Brook R.D., Brook J.R., 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.
6. Brook R.D., Rajagopalan S., Pope C.A., Brook J.R., Bhatnagar A., Diez-Roux A.V., Holguin F., Hong Y., Luepker R.V., Mittleman M.A., Peters A., Siscovick D., Smith S.C., Whitsel L., Kaufman J.D. Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: an update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010, 121:2331-2378.
7. Brook R.D., Shin H.H., Bard R.L., Burnett R.T., Vette A., Croghan C., Thornburg J., Rodes C., Williams R. Exploration of the rapid effects of personal fine particulate matter exposure on arterial hemodynamics and vascular function during the same day. Environ. Health Perspect. 2011, 119:688-694.
8. Caviezel S., Dratva J., Schaffner E., Teynor A., Baumstark M.W., Schindler C., de Groot E., Burdet L., Rothe T., Pons M., Gaspoz J.M., Rochat T., Kunzli N., Probst-Hensch N., Schmidt-Trucksass A. Variability and reproducibility of carotid structural and functional parameters assessed with transcutaneous ultrasound - results from the SAPALDIA Cohort Study. Atherosclerosis 2013, 231:448-455.
9. Chen L.C., Quan C., Hwang J.S., Jin X., Li Q., Zhong M., Rajagopalan S., Sun Q. Atherosclerosis lesion progression during inhalation exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: a comparison to concentrated ambient air fine particles exposure. Inhal. Toxicol. 2010, 22:449-459.
10. Dons E., Panis L.I., Van Poppel M., Theunis J., Willems H., Torfs R., Wets G. Impact of time-activity patterns on personal exposure to black carbon. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45:3594-3602.
11. Dons E., Int Panis L., Van Poppel M., Theunis J., Wets G. Personal exposure to Black Carbon in transport microenvironments. Atmos. Environ. 2012, 55:392-398.
12. Fang S.C., Eisen E.A., Cavallari J.M., Mittleman M.A., Christiani D.C. Acute changes in vascular function among welders exposed to metal-rich particulate matter. Epidemiology 2008, 19:217-225.
13. Fang S.C., Mehta A.J., Alexeeff S.E., Gryparis A., Coull B., Vokonas P., Christiani D.C., Schwartz J. Residential black carbon exposure and circulating markers of systemic inflammation in elderly males: the normative aging study. Environ. Health Perspect. 2012, 120:674-680.
14. Gasparrini A. Distributed lag linear and non-linear models in R: the package dlnm. J. Stat. Softw. 2011, 43:1-20.
15. Gasparrini A., Armstrong B., Kenward M.G. Distributed lag non-linear models. Stat. Med. 2010, 29:2224-2234.
16. Grahame T.J. PM2.5 species: importance of accurate measurement. Epidemiology 2014, 25:615.
17. Grahame T.J., Klemm R., Schlesinger R.B. Public health and components of particulate matter: the changing assessment of black carbon. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 2014, 64:620-660.
18. He F., Shaffer M.L., Li X., Rodriguez-Colon S., Wolbrette D.L., Williams R., Cascio W.E., Liao D. Individual-level PM(2).(5) exposure and the time course of impaired heart rate variability: the APACR Study. J. Expo. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2011, 21:65-73.
19. Janssen N.A., Hoek G., Simic-Lawson M., Fischer P., van Bree L., ten Brink H., Keuken M., Atkinson R.W., Anderson H.R., Brunekreef B., Cassee F.R. Black carbon as an additional indicator of the adverse health effects of airborne particles compared with PM10 and PM2.5. Environ. Health Perspect. 2011, 119:1691-1699.
20. Krishnan R.M., Adar S.D., Szpiro A.A., Jorgensen N.W., Van Hee V.C., Barr R.G., O'Neill M.S., Herrington D.M., Polak J.F., Kaufman J.D. Vascular responses to long- and short-term exposure to fine particulate matter: MESA Air (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution). J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2012, 60:2158-2166.
21. Langrish J.P., Lundback M., Mills N.L., Johnston N.R., Webb D.J., Sandstrom T., Blomberg A., Newby D.E. Contribution of endothelin 1 to the vascular effects of diesel exhaust inhalation in humans. Hypertension 2009, 54:910-915.
22. Langrish J.P., Unosson J., Bosson J., Barath S., Muala A., Blackwell S., Soderberg S., Pourazar J., Megson I.L., Treweeke A., Sandstrom T., Newby D.E., Blomberg A., Mills N.L. Altered nitric oxide bioavailability contributes to diesel exhaust inhalation-induced cardiovascular dysfunction in man. J. Am. Heart Assoc. 2013, 2:e004309.
23. Lenters V., Uiterwaal C.S., Beelen R., Bots M.L., Fischer P., Brunekreef B., Hoek G. Long-term exposure to air pollution and vascular damage in young adults. Epidemiology 2010, 21:512-520.
24. Lin W., Huang W., Zhu T., Hu M., Brunekreef B., Zhang Y., Liu X., Cheng H., Gehring U., Li C., Tang X. Acute respiratory inflammation in children and black carbon in ambient air before and during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Environ. Health Perspect. 2011, 119:1507-1512.
25. Lucking A.J., Lundback M., Barath S.L., Mills N.L., Sidhu M.K., Langrish J.P., Boon N.A., Pourazar J., Badimon J.J., Gerlofs-Nijland M.E., Cassee F.R., Boman C., Donaldson K., Sandstrom T., Newby D.E., Blomberg A. Particle traps prevent adverse vascular and prothrombotic effects of diesel engine exhaust inhalation in men. Circulation 2011, 123:1721-1728.
26. Lundback M., Mills N.L., Lucking A., Barath S., Donaldson K., Newby D.E., Sandstrom T., Blomberg A. Experimental exposure to diesel exhaust increases arterial stiffness in man. Part. Fibre Toxicol. 2009, 6:7.
27. Mahmud A., Feely J. Effect of smoking on arterial stiffness and pulse pressure amplification. Hypertension 2003, 41:183-187.
28. Mahmud A., Feely J. Effects of passive smoking on blood pressure and aortic pressure waveform in healthy young adults-influence of gender. Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 2004, 57:37-43.
29. Mehta A.J., Zanobetti A., Koutrakis P., Mittleman M.A., Sparrow D., Vokonas P., Schwartz J. Associations between short-term changes in air pollution and correlates of arterial stiffness: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study, 2007-2011. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2014, 179:192-199.
30. Mills N.L., Donaldson K., Hadoke P.W., Boon N.A., MacNee W., Cassee F.R., Sandstrom T., Blomberg A., Newby D.E. Adverse cardiovascular effects of air pollution. Nat. Clin. Pract. Cardiovasc. Med. 2009, 6:36-44.
31. Mustafic H., Jabre P., Caussin C., Murad M.H., Escolano S., Tafflet M., Perier M.C., Marijon E., Vernerey D., Empana J.P., Jouven X. Main air pollutants and myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 2012, 307:713-721.
32. Nawrot T.S., Perez L., Kunzli N., Munters E., Nemery B. Public health importance of triggers of myocardial infarction: a comparative risk assessment. Lancet 2011, 377:732-740.
33. Neuhaus J.M., Kalbfleisch J.D. Between- and within-cluster covariate effects in the analysis of clustered data. Biometrics 1998, 54:638-645.
34. Nieuwenhuijsen M.J., Donaire-Gonzalez D., Rivas I., de Castro M., Cirach M., Hoek G., Seto E., Jerrett M., Sunyer J. Variability in and agreement between modeled and personal continuously measured black carbon levels using novel smartphone and sensor technologies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49:2977-2982.
35. Niwa Y., Hiura Y., Murayama T., Yokode M., Iwai N. Nano-sized carbon black exposure exacerbates atherosclerosis in LDL-receptor knockout mice. Circ. J. 2007, 71:1157-1161.
36. O'Neill M.S., Diez-Roux A.V., Auchincloss A.H., Shen M., Lima J.A., Polak J.F., Barr R.G., Kaufman J., Jacobs D.R. Long-term exposure to airborne particles and arterial stiffness: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ. Health Perspect. 2011, 119:844-851.
37. O'Rourke M.F., Staessen J.A., Vlachopoulos C., Duprez D., Plante G.E. Clinical applications of arterial stiffness; definitions and reference values. Am. J. Hypertens. 2002, 15:426-444.
38. Parati G., Stergiou G.S., Asmar R., Bilo G., de Leeuw P., Imai Y., Kario K., Lurbe E., Manolis A., Mengden T., O'Brien E., Ohkubo T., Padfield P., Palatini P., Pickering T., Redon J., Revera M., Ruilope L.M., Shennan A., Staessen J.A., Tisler A., Waeber B., Zanchetti A., Mancia G., Monitoring ESHWGoBP European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home: a summary report of the Second International Consensus Conference on Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. J. Hypertens. 2008, 26:1505-1526.
39. Patel R.S., Al Mheid I., Morris A.A., Ahmed Y., Kavtaradze N., Ali S., Dabhadkar K., Brigham K., Hooper W.C., Alexander R.W., Jones D.P., Quyyumi A.A. Oxidative stress is associated with impaired arterial elasticity. Atherosclerosis 2011, 218:90-95.
40. Peretz A., Sullivan J.H., Leotta D.F., Trenga C.A., Sands F.N., Allen J., Carlsten C., Wilkinson C.W., Gill E.A., Kaufman J.D. Diesel exhaust inhalation elicits acute vasoconstriction in vivo. Environ. Health Perspect. 2008, 116:937-942.
41. Pieters N., Plusquin M., Cox B., Kicinski M., Vangronsveld J., Nawrot T.S. An epidemiological appraisal of the association between heart rate variability and particulate air pollution: a meta-analysis. Heart 2012, 98:1127-1135.
42. Pope C.A., Dockery D.W. Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect. J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc. 2006, 56:709-742.
43. Provost E.B., Madhloum N., Int Panis L., De Boever P., Nawrot T.S. Carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, and particulate air pollution exposure: the meta-analytical evidence. PLoS One 2015, 10:e0127014.
44. Richmond-Bryant J., Saganich C., Bukiewicz L., Kalin R. Associations of PM2.5 and black carbon concentrations with traffic, idling, background pollution, and meteorology during school dismissals. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 407:3357-3364.
45. Schwartz J. The distributed lag between air pollution and daily deaths. Epidemiology 2000, 11:320-326.
46. Setton E., Marshall J.D., Brauer M., Lundquist K.R., Hystad P., Keller P., Cloutier-Fisher D. The impact of daily mobility on exposure to traffic-related air pollution and health effect estimates. J. Expo. Sci. Environ. Epidemiol. 2011, 21:42-48.
47. Shah A.S., Langrish J.P., Nair H., McAllister D.A., Hunter A.L., Donaldson K., Newby D.E., Mills N.L. Global association of air pollution and heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet 2013, 382:1039-1048.
48. Shah A.S., Lee K.K., McAllister D.A., Hunter A., Nair H., Whiteley W., Langrish J.P., Newby D.E., Mills N.L. Short term exposure to air pollution and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ 2015, 350:h1295.
49. Stein J.H., Korcarz C.E., Hurst R.T., Lonn E., Kendall C.B., Mohler E.R., Najjar S.S., Rembold C.M., Post W.S. American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task F. Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine. J. Am. Soc. Echocardiogr. 2008, 21:93-111.
50. Suh H.H., Zanobetti A. Exposure error masks the relationship between traffic-related air pollution and heart rate variability. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2010, 52:685-692.
51. Sun Q., Wang A., Jin X., Natanzon A., Duquaine D., Brook R.D., Aguinaldo J.G., Fayad Z.A., Fuster V., Lippmann M., Chen L.C., Rajagopalan S. Long-term air pollution exposure and acceleration of atherosclerosis and vascular inflammation in an animal model. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 2005, 294:3003-3010.
52. Sun Q., Hong X., Wold L.E. Cardiovascular effects of ambient particulate air pollution exposure. Circulation 2010, 121:2755-2765.
53. Suwa T., Hogg J.C., Quinlan K.B., Ohgami A., Vincent R., van Eeden S.F. Particulate air pollution induces progression of atherosclerosis. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2002, 39:935-942.
54. Touboul P.J., Hennerici M.G., Meairs S., Adams H., Amarenco P., Bornstein N., Csiba L., Desvarieux M., Ebrahim S., Fatar M., Hernandez Hernandez R., Jaff M., Kownator S., Prati P., Rundek T., Sitzer M., Schminke U., Tardif J.C., Taylor A., Vicaut E., Woo K.S., Zannad F., Zureik M. Mannheim carotid intima-media thickness consensus (2004-2006). An update on behalf of the Advisory Board of the 3rd and 4th Watching the Risk Symposium, 13th and 15th European Stroke Conferences, Mannheim, Germany, 2004, and Brussels, Belgium, 2006. Cerebrovasc. Dis. 2007, 23:75-80.
55. Unosson J., Blomberg A., Sandstrom T., Muala A., Boman C., Nystrom R., Westerholm R., Mills N.L., Newby D.E., Langrish J.P., Bosson J.A. Exposure to wood smoke increases arterial stiffness and decreases heart rate variability in humans. Part. Fibre Toxicol. 2013, 10:20.
56. Vlachopoulos C., Dima I., Aznaouridis K., Vasiliadou C., Ioakeimidis N., Aggeli C., Toutouza M., Stefanadis C. Acute systemic inflammation increases arterial stiffness and decreases wave reflections in healthy individuals. Circulation 2005, 112:2193-2200.
57. Vlachopoulos C., Aznaouridis K., Stefanadis C. Prediction of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality with arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2010, 55:1318-1327.