Table 5 Summary of the studies on particulate matter and NO2 and mortality from specific cardiovascular diseases (excess risk per 10 μg/m3)
From: Long-term air pollution exposure and cardio- respiratory mortality: a review
Study name | Pollutant | Conca(μg/m3) | Spatial scaleb | % change in risk (95% CI) in mortality associated with a 10 μg/m3increase | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | IHD mortality | M.I mortality | Cerebrovascular mortality | Â |
ACS study | PM2.5 | 17 (5) | City | 18 (14, 23) | NA | 2 (−5, 10) | [39] |
Oslo cohort | NOx | 11 (1 – 168) | Address (DISP) | 8 (3, 12) | NA | 4 (−6, 15) | [68] |
Women’s Health Initiative Study | PM2.5 | 14 (3–28) | Zip code 5 (near) | 76 (25,147) | NA | NA | [22] |
Netherlands Cohort Study | BS | 17 (9–36) | Address (LUR) | 1 (−17, 22) | NA | 39 (−1, 94) | [23] |
Nurses’ Health Study | PM10 | 22 (4) | Address (LUR) | 35 (3, 77) | NA | NA | [24] |
Nurses’ Health Study | PM2.5 | 14 (6–28) | Address (LUR) | NA | 102 (7, 278) | NA | [25] |
California teachers study | PM2.5 | 18 (7–39) | Address (near) | 55 (24, 93) | NA | NA | [27] |
Swiss national cohort | PM10 | 19 (>40)c | Address (Disp) | −1 (−3, 0) | NA | −1 (−2, 0) | [28] |
Health professionals follow-up study | PM2.5 | 18 (3) | Address (LUR) | −2 (−30, 35) | NA | NA | [29] |
Canadian national cohort | PM2.5 | 9 (2 – 19) | Enumeration area, N = 45710 (satellite) | 30 (18,43) | NA | 4 (−7, 16) | [34] |
Californian Teachers study | PM2.5 | 16 (3–28) | Address (Inter) | 20 (2, 41) | NA | 16 (−8, 46) | [36] |
Shizuoka elderly cohort | NO2 | 25 (−19, 75) | Address (LUR) | 27 (2, 58) | NA | 9 (−6, 27) | [70] |
Nippon data cohort | PM10 | <27 - > 43 | District (near) | −8 (−27, 17) | NA | −14 (−26,1) | [37] |
DCH | NO2 | 17 (11 – 60) | Address (Disp) | 7 (−9, 26) | NA | 6 (−14, 32) | [69] |
Ontario Tax cohort | NO2 | 43 (8), 31 (6), 24 (5)c | Address (LUR) | 9 (4, 14) | NA | −4 (−10, 5) | [71] |
Rome longitudinal study | PM2.5 | 23 (7 – 32) | Address (DISP, 1 km grid) | 10 (6, 13) | NA | 8 (4, 13) | [38] |
M.I. registry studies | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Stockholm | NO2 | 14 (3 – 32) | Address (DISP) | NA | 15 (−1, 33) | NA | [72] |
Rome residents | NO2 | (<30 - > 60) | Census block (LUR) | NA | 7 (2, 12) | NA | [73] |
Stockholm residents | NO2 | 12 (2 – 33) | Address (DISP) | NA | 8 (5, 11) | NA | [74] |