Long-term effects of ambient air pollutants to blood lipids and dyslipidemias in a Chinese rural population.

Environ Pollut

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Published: January 2020

Both air pollution and dyslipidemias contributed to large number of deaths and disability-adjusted life lost years. Long-term air pollution exposure was related to changed blood lipids and risk of dyslipidemias. This study was designed to evaluate relationships between air pollutants, blood lipids and prevalence of dyslipidemias in a Chinese rural population exposed to high-level air pollution based on baseline data of The Henan Rural Cohort study. An amount of 39,057 participants from rural areas in China were included. The 3-year average exposure of air pollutants (PM, PM, NO) was estimated by a spatiotemporal model. Logistic and linear regression models were employed to explore relationships between air pollutants, blood lipids (TC, TG, HDL-C and LDL-C) and prevalence of dyslipidemias. The three-year concentration of PM, PM and NO was 72.8 ± 2.3 μg/m, 131.5 ± 5.7 μg/mand 39.1 ± 3.1 μg/m, respectively. Overall, increased air pollution exposure was related to increased TC and LDL-C, while decreased TG and HDL-C. Each 1-μg/m increment of PM was related to 0.10% (0.07%-0.19%) increase in TC, 0.63% (0.50%-0.77%) increase in LDL-C, 2.93% (2.70%-3.16%) decrease in TG, 0.49% (0.38%-0.60%) decrease in HDL-C; and 5.7% (95%CI: 3.7%-7.6%), 4.0% (95%CI: 2.1%-6.0%) and 3.8% (95%CI: 2.5%-5.1%) increase in odds for hypercholesterolemia, hyperbetalipoproteinemia and hypoalphalipoproteinemia, respectively. Stronger associations were found in male and older participants. Findings suggest that air pollutants were associated with changed blood lipid levels and higher risk of dyslipidemias among rural population. Male and elder people should pay more attention to personal safety protection.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113403DOI Listing

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