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Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia
(1) Background: Limited research has suggested that cardiopulmonary health outcomes should be considered in relation to pollen exposure. This study sets out to test the relationship between pollen types (grasses, trees, weeds) and cardiovascular, lower respiratory and COPD health outcomes using 15 y...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9331296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159093 |
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author | Nitschke, Monika Simon, David Dear, Keith Venugopal, Kamalesh Jersmann, Hubertus Lyne, Katrina |
author_facet | Nitschke, Monika Simon, David Dear, Keith Venugopal, Kamalesh Jersmann, Hubertus Lyne, Katrina |
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description | (1) Background: Limited research has suggested that cardiopulmonary health outcomes should be considered in relation to pollen exposure. This study sets out to test the relationship between pollen types (grasses, trees, weeds) and cardiovascular, lower respiratory and COPD health outcomes using 15 years (2003–2017) of data gathered in Adelaide, South Australia; (2) Methods: A time-series analysis by months was conducted using cardiopulmonary data from hospital admissions, emergency presentations and ambulance callouts in relation to daily pollen concentrations in children (0–17) for lower respiratory outcomes and for adults (18+). Incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated over lags from 0 to 7 days; (3) Results: IRR increases in cardiovascular outcomes in March, May, and October were related to grass pollen, while increases in July, November, and December were related to tree pollen. IRRs ranged from IRR 1.05 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.10) to 1.25 (95% CI 1.12–1.40). COPD increases related to grass pollen occurred only in May. Pollen-related increases were observed for lower respiratory outcomes in adults and in children; (4) Conclusion: Notable increases in pollen-related associations with cardiopulmonary outcomes were not restricted to any one season. Prevention measures for pollen-related health effects should be widened to consider cardiopulmonary outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-93312962022-07-29 Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia Nitschke, Monika Simon, David Dear, Keith Venugopal, Kamalesh Jersmann, Hubertus Lyne, Katrina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Limited research has suggested that cardiopulmonary health outcomes should be considered in relation to pollen exposure. This study sets out to test the relationship between pollen types (grasses, trees, weeds) and cardiovascular, lower respiratory and COPD health outcomes using 15 years (2003–2017) of data gathered in Adelaide, South Australia; (2) Methods: A time-series analysis by months was conducted using cardiopulmonary data from hospital admissions, emergency presentations and ambulance callouts in relation to daily pollen concentrations in children (0–17) for lower respiratory outcomes and for adults (18+). Incidence rate ratios (IRR) were calculated over lags from 0 to 7 days; (3) Results: IRR increases in cardiovascular outcomes in March, May, and October were related to grass pollen, while increases in July, November, and December were related to tree pollen. IRRs ranged from IRR 1.05 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.10) to 1.25 (95% CI 1.12–1.40). COPD increases related to grass pollen occurred only in May. Pollen-related increases were observed for lower respiratory outcomes in adults and in children; (4) Conclusion: Notable increases in pollen-related associations with cardiopulmonary outcomes were not restricted to any one season. Prevention measures for pollen-related health effects should be widened to consider cardiopulmonary outcomes. MDPI 2022-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9331296/ /pubmed/35897462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159093 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nitschke, Monika Simon, David Dear, Keith Venugopal, Kamalesh Jersmann, Hubertus Lyne, Katrina Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title | Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title_full | Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title_fullStr | Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title_full_unstemmed | Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title_short | Pollen Exposure and Cardiopulmonary Health Impacts in Adelaide, South Australia |
title_sort | pollen exposure and cardiopulmonary health impacts in adelaide, south australia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9331296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35897462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159093 |
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