TY - JOUR
T1 - Air pollution and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
T2 - a cohort study in South Korea
AU - Kang, Suna
AU - Hong, Yun Soo
AU - Park, Jihwan
AU - Kang, Danbee
AU - Kim, Hyunsoo
AU - Lee, Jin
AU - Kim, Woojin
AU - Kang, Sung Won
AU - Guallar, Eliseo
AU - Cho, Juhee
AU - Park, Hye Yun
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This paper was supported by the ‘Big Data Analysis: Application to Environmental Research and Service Ⅳ’ project (GP2020-11), funded by the Korea Environment Institute (KEI). This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (NRF-2021R1A2C2093987) and Future Medicine 20*30 Project of the Samsung Medical Center (SMX1210831).
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PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Background: Evidence on whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the mortality risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is limited. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the associations of long-term exposure to particulate matter with diameter <10 µm (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with overall and disease-specific mortality in COPD patients. Design: We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study of 121,423 adults ⩾40 years diagnosed with COPD during 1 January to 31 December 2009. Methods: Exposure to PM10 and NO2 was estimated for residential location using the ordinary kriging method. We estimated the risk of overall mortality associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-years average concentrations of PM10 and NO2 using Cox proportional hazards models and disease-specific mortality using the Fine and Gray method adjusted for age, sex, income, body mass index, smoking, comorbidities, and exacerbation history. Results: The adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for overall mortality associated with a 10 µg/m3 increase in 1-year PM10 and NO2 exposures were 1.004 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.985, 1.023] and 0.993 (95% CI = 0.984, 1.002), respectively. The results were similar for 3- and 5-year exposures. For a 10-µg/m3 increase in 1-year PM10 and NO2 exposures, the adjusted HRs for chronic lower airway disease mortality were 1.068 (95% CI = 1.024, 1.113) and 1.029 (95% CI = 1.009, 1.050), respectively. In stratified analyses, exposures to PM10 and NO2 were associated with overall mortality in patients who were underweight and had a history of severe exacerbation. Conclusion: In this large population-based study of patients with COPD, long-term PM10 and NO2 exposures were not associated with overall mortality but were associated with chronic lower airway disease mortality. PM10 and NO2 exposures were both associated with an increased risk of overall mortality, and with overall mortality in underweight individuals and those with a history of severe exacerbation.
AB - Background: Evidence on whether long-term exposure to air pollution increases the mortality risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is limited. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the associations of long-term exposure to particulate matter with diameter <10 µm (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with overall and disease-specific mortality in COPD patients. Design: We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study of 121,423 adults ⩾40 years diagnosed with COPD during 1 January to 31 December 2009. Methods: Exposure to PM10 and NO2 was estimated for residential location using the ordinary kriging method. We estimated the risk of overall mortality associated with 1-, 3-, and 5-years average concentrations of PM10 and NO2 using Cox proportional hazards models and disease-specific mortality using the Fine and Gray method adjusted for age, sex, income, body mass index, smoking, comorbidities, and exacerbation history. Results: The adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for overall mortality associated with a 10 µg/m3 increase in 1-year PM10 and NO2 exposures were 1.004 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.985, 1.023] and 0.993 (95% CI = 0.984, 1.002), respectively. The results were similar for 3- and 5-year exposures. For a 10-µg/m3 increase in 1-year PM10 and NO2 exposures, the adjusted HRs for chronic lower airway disease mortality were 1.068 (95% CI = 1.024, 1.113) and 1.029 (95% CI = 1.009, 1.050), respectively. In stratified analyses, exposures to PM10 and NO2 were associated with overall mortality in patients who were underweight and had a history of severe exacerbation. Conclusion: In this large population-based study of patients with COPD, long-term PM10 and NO2 exposures were not associated with overall mortality but were associated with chronic lower airway disease mortality. PM10 and NO2 exposures were both associated with an increased risk of overall mortality, and with overall mortality in underweight individuals and those with a history of severe exacerbation.
KW - COPD
KW - air pollution
KW - mortality
KW - nitrogen dioxide
KW - particulate matter
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U2 - 10.1177/20406223231176175
DO - 10.1177/20406223231176175
M3 - Article
C2 - 37324407
AN - SCOPUS:85161269094
SN - 2040-6223
VL - 14
JO - Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease
JF - Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease
ER -