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Impact of Air Pollution on Lung Function among Preadolescent Children in Two Cities in Poland

Ambient air pollution impairs lung development in children, particularly in industrialized areas. The air quality in Zabrze, a city located in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region of Poland, is among the worst in Europe. We compared lung function and the frequency of respiratory or allergic symptoms...

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Autores principales: Dąbrowiecki, Piotr, Adamkiewicz, Łukasz, Mucha, Dominika, Czechowski, Piotr Oskar, Soliński, Mateusz, Chciałowski, Andrzej, Badyda, Artur
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071258
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112375
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author Dąbrowiecki, Piotr
Adamkiewicz, Łukasz
Mucha, Dominika
Czechowski, Piotr Oskar
Soliński, Mateusz
Chciałowski, Andrzej
Badyda, Artur
author_facet Dąbrowiecki, Piotr
Adamkiewicz, Łukasz
Mucha, Dominika
Czechowski, Piotr Oskar
Soliński, Mateusz
Chciałowski, Andrzej
Badyda, Artur
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description Ambient air pollution impairs lung development in children, particularly in industrialized areas. The air quality in Zabrze, a city located in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region of Poland, is among the worst in Europe. We compared lung function and the frequency of respiratory or allergic symptoms between children living in Zabrze and those living in Gdynia, a city on the Baltic coast, which has the best long-term air quality in Poland. We enrolled children aged 9–15 years from both cities who were able to perform a spirometry. The following spirometry variables were measured for all participants: forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume during the first second of expiration (FEV1), FEV1/FVC index, and peak expiratory flow (PEF). The frequencies of respiratory or allergic symptoms were taken from a survey completed by the participants’ parents. In total, 258 children from Gdynia and 512 children from Zabrze were examined. The mean values of FVC, FEV1, and PEF were significantly greater among children in Gdynia than those reported in Zabrze (p ≤ 0.032), and the frequencies of seasonal rhinorrhea (p = 0.015) or coughing episodes (p = 0.022) were significantly higher in Zabrze than in Gdynia. In conclusion, lung function was significantly impaired in children living in Zabrze, an area which is associated with poor air quality. Strategies to improve air quality in the Silesia region are urgently needed.
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spelling pubmed-81983052021-06-14 Impact of Air Pollution on Lung Function among Preadolescent Children in Two Cities in Poland Dąbrowiecki, Piotr Adamkiewicz, Łukasz Mucha, Dominika Czechowski, Piotr Oskar Soliński, Mateusz Chciałowski, Andrzej Badyda, Artur J Clin Med Article Ambient air pollution impairs lung development in children, particularly in industrialized areas. The air quality in Zabrze, a city located in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region of Poland, is among the worst in Europe. We compared lung function and the frequency of respiratory or allergic symptoms between children living in Zabrze and those living in Gdynia, a city on the Baltic coast, which has the best long-term air quality in Poland. We enrolled children aged 9–15 years from both cities who were able to perform a spirometry. The following spirometry variables were measured for all participants: forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume during the first second of expiration (FEV1), FEV1/FVC index, and peak expiratory flow (PEF). The frequencies of respiratory or allergic symptoms were taken from a survey completed by the participants’ parents. In total, 258 children from Gdynia and 512 children from Zabrze were examined. The mean values of FVC, FEV1, and PEF were significantly greater among children in Gdynia than those reported in Zabrze (p ≤ 0.032), and the frequencies of seasonal rhinorrhea (p = 0.015) or coughing episodes (p = 0.022) were significantly higher in Zabrze than in Gdynia. In conclusion, lung function was significantly impaired in children living in Zabrze, an area which is associated with poor air quality. Strategies to improve air quality in the Silesia region are urgently needed. MDPI 2021-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8198305/ /pubmed/34071258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112375 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Badyda, Artur
Impact of Air Pollution on Lung Function among Preadolescent Children in Two Cities in Poland
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title_sort impact of air pollution on lung function among preadolescent children in two cities in poland
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34071258
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10112375
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