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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Refereed paper | Refereed |
Title | Short-term effects of various ozone metrics on cardiopulmonary function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: Results from a panel study in Beijing, China. |
Journal | Formal name:Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) Abbreviation:Environ Pollut ISSN code:02697491 |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Number, Page | 232,pp.358-366 |
Papers・Author | Li Hongyu, Wu Shaowei, Pan Lu, Xu Junhui, Shan Jiao, Yang Xuan, Dong Wei, Deng Furong, Chen Yahong, Shima Masayuki, Guo Xinbiao |
Publication date | 2018/01 |
Papers・Description | OBJECTIVES: To investigate and compare the short-term effects of various O3 metrics on pulmonary function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and BP in a panel study of COPD patients.
METHODS: We measured pulmonary function, FeNO and BP repeatedly in a total of 43 patients with COPD for 215 home visits. Daily hourly ambient O3 concentrations were obtained from central-monitoring stations close to subject residences. We calculated various O3 metrics [daily 1-h maximum (O3-1 h max), maximum 8-h average (O3-8 h max) and 24-h average (O3-24 h avg)] based on the hourly data. Daily indoor O3 concentrations were estimated based on estimated indoor/outdoor O3 ratios. Linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate associations of various O3 metrics with cardiopulmonary function variables. RESULTS: An interquartile range (IQR) increase in ambient O3-8 h max (80.5 μg/m3, 5-d) was associated with a 5.9% (95%CI: -11.0%, -0.7%) reduction in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and a 6.2% (95%CI: -10.9%, -1.5%) reduction in peak expiratory flow (PEF). However, there were no significant negative associations between ambient O3-1 h max, O3-24 h avg and FEV1, PEF. An IQR increase in ambient O3-1 h max (85.3 μg/m3, 6-d) was associated with a 6.7 mmHg (95%CI: 0.7, 12.7) increase in systolic BP. The estimated indoor O3 were still significantly associated with reduction of FEV1 and PEF. No significant associations were found between various O3 metrics and FeNO. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide clues for the adverse cardiopulmonary effects associated with various O3 metrics in COPD patients and highlight that O3-8 h max was more closely associated with respiratory health variables. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.09.030 |
PMID | 28987568 |