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Exposure to particulate air pollution and cognitive decline in older women.


ABSTRACT: Chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults, although data on this association are limited. Our objective was to examine long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, both coarse ([PM 2.5-10 ?m in diameter [PM(2.5-10)]) and fine (PM <2.5 ?m in diameter [PM(2.5)]), in relation to cognitive decline.The study population comprised the Nurses' Health Study Cognitive Cohort, which included 19,409 US women aged 70 to 81 years. We used geographic information system-based spatiotemporal smoothing models to estimate recent (1 month) and long-term (7-14 years) exposures to PM(2.5-10), and PM(2.5) preceding baseline cognitive testing (1995-2001) of participants residing in the contiguous United States. We used generalized estimating equation regression to estimate differences in the rate of cognitive decline across levels of PM(2.5-10) and PM(2.5) exposures. The main outcome measure was cognition, via validated telephone assessments, administered 3 times at approximately 2-year intervals, including tests of general cognition, verbal memory, category fluency, working memory, and attention.Higher levels of long-term exposure to both PM(2.5-10) and PM(2.5) were associated with significantly faster cognitive decline. Two-year decline on a global score was 0.020 (95% CI, -0.032 to -0.008) standard units worse per 10 ?g/m(3) increment in PM(2.5-10) exposure and 0.018 (95% CI, -0.035 to -0.002) units worse per 10 ?g/m(3) increment in PM(2.5) exposure. These differences in cognitive trajectory were similar to those between women in our cohort who were approximately 2 years apart in age, indicating that the effect of a 10-?g/m(3) increment in long-term PM exposure is cognitively equivalent to aging by approximately 2 years.Long-term exposure to PM(2.5-10) and PM(2.5) at levels typically experienced by many individuals in the United States is associated with significantly worse cognitive decline in older women.

SUBMITTER: Weuve J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3622279 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exposure to particulate air pollution and cognitive decline in older women.

Weuve Jennifer J   Puett Robin C RC   Schwartz Joel J   Yanosky Jeff D JD   Laden Francine F   Grodstein Francine F  

Archives of internal medicine 20120201 3


<h4>Background</h4>Chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults, although data on this association are limited. Our objective was to examine long-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, both coarse ([PM 2.5-10 μm in diameter [PM(2.5-10)]) and fine (PM <2.5 μm in diameter [PM(2.5)]), in relation to cognitive decline.<h4>Methods</h4>The study population comprised the Nurses' Health Study Cognitive Cohort, which included 19,409 US wo  ...[more]

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