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Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Background: The association between ambient air pollution (AAP) and the risk of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains debatable. We conducted a population-based cohort study to investigate the association between exposure to AAP and the risk of RA in Taiwan. Methods: We analyzed and combined the longitu...

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Autores principales: Ho, Wen-Chao, Chou, Li-Wei, Wang, Ruey-Yun, Doan, Thanh-Nhan, Yu, Hwa-Lung, Chou, Ting-Hsuan, Liu, Kang-Yung, Wu, Po-Chang, Shieh, Shwn-Huey
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742255
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127006
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author Ho, Wen-Chao
Chou, Li-Wei
Wang, Ruey-Yun
Doan, Thanh-Nhan
Yu, Hwa-Lung
Chou, Ting-Hsuan
Liu, Kang-Yung
Wu, Po-Chang
Shieh, Shwn-Huey
author_facet Ho, Wen-Chao
Chou, Li-Wei
Wang, Ruey-Yun
Doan, Thanh-Nhan
Yu, Hwa-Lung
Chou, Ting-Hsuan
Liu, Kang-Yung
Wu, Po-Chang
Shieh, Shwn-Huey
author_sort Ho, Wen-Chao
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description Background: The association between ambient air pollution (AAP) and the risk of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains debatable. We conducted a population-based cohort study to investigate the association between exposure to AAP and the risk of RA in Taiwan. Methods: We analyzed and combined the longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) and the Taiwan Air Quality-Monitoring Database (TAQMD), which were in line with the residential areas. We calculated the RA incidence rates per 10,000 person-years exposed to each quartile of PM2.5 or PM10 concentrations or RH. Hazards regression was conducted to analyze the associations between exposure to each quartile of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations and the risk of developing RA. The hazard ratios of RA were analyzed between participants exposed to annual average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10. All the hazard ratios of RA were stratified by gender and adjusted for age and relative humidity (RH). A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among 722,885 subjects, 9338 RA cases were observed. The analyses adjusted for age, gender, and humidity suggested an increased risk of developing RA in the exposure to PM2.5 in the last quartile (Q4) with the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) was 1.053 (95%CI: 1.043 to 1.063). Conclusion: Our study suggests that exposure to PM2.5 is associated with an increased risk of RA. The finding has implications for policymaking to develop coping strategies to confront AAP as a risk factor for RA.
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spelling pubmed-92222432022-06-24 Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study Ho, Wen-Chao Chou, Li-Wei Wang, Ruey-Yun Doan, Thanh-Nhan Yu, Hwa-Lung Chou, Ting-Hsuan Liu, Kang-Yung Wu, Po-Chang Shieh, Shwn-Huey Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The association between ambient air pollution (AAP) and the risk of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains debatable. We conducted a population-based cohort study to investigate the association between exposure to AAP and the risk of RA in Taiwan. Methods: We analyzed and combined the longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) and the Taiwan Air Quality-Monitoring Database (TAQMD), which were in line with the residential areas. We calculated the RA incidence rates per 10,000 person-years exposed to each quartile of PM2.5 or PM10 concentrations or RH. Hazards regression was conducted to analyze the associations between exposure to each quartile of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations and the risk of developing RA. The hazard ratios of RA were analyzed between participants exposed to annual average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10. All the hazard ratios of RA were stratified by gender and adjusted for age and relative humidity (RH). A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among 722,885 subjects, 9338 RA cases were observed. The analyses adjusted for age, gender, and humidity suggested an increased risk of developing RA in the exposure to PM2.5 in the last quartile (Q4) with the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) was 1.053 (95%CI: 1.043 to 1.063). Conclusion: Our study suggests that exposure to PM2.5 is associated with an increased risk of RA. The finding has implications for policymaking to develop coping strategies to confront AAP as a risk factor for RA. MDPI 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9222243/ /pubmed/35742255 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127006 Text en © 2022 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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Ho, Wen-Chao
Chou, Li-Wei
Wang, Ruey-Yun
Doan, Thanh-Nhan
Yu, Hwa-Lung
Chou, Ting-Hsuan
Liu, Kang-Yung
Wu, Po-Chang
Shieh, Shwn-Huey
Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title_full Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title_fullStr Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title_short Association between Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
title_sort association between exposure to ambient air pollution and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in taiwan: a population-based retrospective cohort study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742255
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127006
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