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Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity

BACKGROUND: Nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) is a pervasive urban pollutant originating primarily from vehicle emissions. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is associated with a considerable public health burden worldwide, but whether NO(2) exposure is causally related to IHD morbidity remains in question. Our ob...

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Autores principales: Stieb, David M., Zheng, Carine, Salama, Dina, BerjawI, Rania, Emode, Monica, Hocking, Robyn, Lyrette, Ninon, Matz, Carlyn, Lavigne, Eric, Shin, Hwashin H.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-00601-1
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author Stieb, David M.
Zheng, Carine
Salama, Dina
BerjawI, Rania
Emode, Monica
Hocking, Robyn
Lyrette, Ninon
Matz, Carlyn
Lavigne, Eric
Shin, Hwashin H.
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Zheng, Carine
Salama, Dina
BerjawI, Rania
Emode, Monica
Hocking, Robyn
Lyrette, Ninon
Matz, Carlyn
Lavigne, Eric
Shin, Hwashin H.
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description BACKGROUND: Nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) is a pervasive urban pollutant originating primarily from vehicle emissions. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is associated with a considerable public health burden worldwide, but whether NO(2) exposure is causally related to IHD morbidity remains in question. Our objective was to determine whether short term exposure to outdoor NO(2) is causally associated with IHD-related morbidity based on a synthesis of findings from case-crossover and time-series studies. METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health and Toxline databases were searched using terms developed by a librarian. Screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were completed independently by two reviewers. Conflicts between reviewers were resolved through consensus and/or involvement of a third reviewer. Pooling of results across studies was conducted using random effects models, heterogeneity among included studies was assessed using Cochran’s Q and I(2) measures, and sources of heterogeneity were evaluated using meta-regression. Sensitivity of pooled estimates to individual studies was examined using Leave One Out analysis and publication bias was evaluated using Funnel plots, Begg’s and Egger’s tests, and trim and fill. RESULTS: Thirty-eight case-crossover studies and 48 time-series studies were included in our analysis. NO(2) was significantly associated with IHD morbidity (pooled odds ratio from case-crossover studies: 1.074 95% CI 1.052–1.097; pooled relative risk from time-series studies: 1.022 95% CI 1.016–1.029 per 10 ppb). Pooled estimates for case-crossover studies from Europe and North America were significantly lower than for studies conducted elsewhere. The high degree of heterogeneity among studies was only partially accounted for in meta-regression. There was evidence of publication bias, particularly for case-crossover studies. For both case-crossover and time-series studies, pooled estimates based on multi-pollutant models were smaller than those from single pollutant models, and those based on older populations were larger than those based on younger populations, but these differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that there is a likely causal relationship between short term NO(2) exposure and IHD-related morbidity, but important uncertainties remain, particularly related to the contribution of co-pollutants or other concomitant exposures, and the lack of supporting evidence from toxicological and controlled human studies.
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spelling pubmed-71957192020-05-06 Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity Stieb, David M. Zheng, Carine Salama, Dina BerjawI, Rania Emode, Monica Hocking, Robyn Lyrette, Ninon Matz, Carlyn Lavigne, Eric Shin, Hwashin H. Environ Health Review BACKGROUND: Nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) is a pervasive urban pollutant originating primarily from vehicle emissions. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is associated with a considerable public health burden worldwide, but whether NO(2) exposure is causally related to IHD morbidity remains in question. Our objective was to determine whether short term exposure to outdoor NO(2) is causally associated with IHD-related morbidity based on a synthesis of findings from case-crossover and time-series studies. METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health and Toxline databases were searched using terms developed by a librarian. Screening, data extraction and risk of bias assessment were completed independently by two reviewers. Conflicts between reviewers were resolved through consensus and/or involvement of a third reviewer. Pooling of results across studies was conducted using random effects models, heterogeneity among included studies was assessed using Cochran’s Q and I(2) measures, and sources of heterogeneity were evaluated using meta-regression. Sensitivity of pooled estimates to individual studies was examined using Leave One Out analysis and publication bias was evaluated using Funnel plots, Begg’s and Egger’s tests, and trim and fill. RESULTS: Thirty-eight case-crossover studies and 48 time-series studies were included in our analysis. NO(2) was significantly associated with IHD morbidity (pooled odds ratio from case-crossover studies: 1.074 95% CI 1.052–1.097; pooled relative risk from time-series studies: 1.022 95% CI 1.016–1.029 per 10 ppb). Pooled estimates for case-crossover studies from Europe and North America were significantly lower than for studies conducted elsewhere. The high degree of heterogeneity among studies was only partially accounted for in meta-regression. There was evidence of publication bias, particularly for case-crossover studies. For both case-crossover and time-series studies, pooled estimates based on multi-pollutant models were smaller than those from single pollutant models, and those based on older populations were larger than those based on younger populations, but these differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that there is a likely causal relationship between short term NO(2) exposure and IHD-related morbidity, but important uncertainties remain, particularly related to the contribution of co-pollutants or other concomitant exposures, and the lack of supporting evidence from toxicological and controlled human studies. BioMed Central 2020-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7195719/ /pubmed/32357902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-00601-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Stieb, David M.
Zheng, Carine
Salama, Dina
BerjawI, Rania
Emode, Monica
Hocking, Robyn
Lyrette, Ninon
Matz, Carlyn
Lavigne, Eric
Shin, Hwashin H.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title_full Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title_fullStr Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title_full_unstemmed Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title_short Systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
title_sort systematic review and meta-analysis of case-crossover and time-series studies of short term outdoor nitrogen dioxide exposure and ischemic heart disease morbidity
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32357902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-00601-1
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