Incident cardiovascular disease and particulate matter air pollution in South Korea using a population-based and nationwide cohort of 0.2 million adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many studies reported the association between long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution (PM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies focused on incidence with relatively high-dose exposure using a nationwide cohort. This study aimed to investigate the association between long-term exposure to PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 and incidence of CVD in a nationwide and population-based cohort in South Korea where the annual average concentration of PM_2.5 is above 20 μg/m³.

Methods

We selected 196,167 adults in the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC) constructed based on the entire South Korean population. Incidence of four CVD subtypes including ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial

SUBMITTER: Kim OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature