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The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California
Previous studies have shown associations between air pollutants and low birth weight. However, few studies assess whether poverty and race/ethnicity are effect modifiers for this relationship. We used publicly available data on 7785 California census tracts from the California Communities Environmen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013554 |
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author | Lee, Jasmine Costello, Sadie Balmes, John R. Holm, Stephanie M. |
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description | Previous studies have shown associations between air pollutants and low birth weight. However, few studies assess whether poverty and race/ethnicity are effect modifiers for this relationship. We used publicly available data on 7785 California census tracts from the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen). Multivariable linear regression was used to examine the association between outdoor PM(2.5) and low birth weight (LBW), including stratification by poverty and race/ethnicity (as a proxy for experienced racism). A 1 µg m(−)(3) increase in PM(2.5) was associated with a 0.03% (95% CI: 0.01, 0.04) increase in the percentage of LBW infants in a census tract. The association between PM(2.5) and LBW was stronger in census tracts with the majority living in poverty (0.06% increase; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.08) compared to those with fewer people living in poverty (0.02% increase; 95% CI: 0.00, 0.03). Our results show that exposure to outdoor PM(2.5) is associated with a small increase in the percentage of LBW infants in a census tract, with a further increase in tracts with high poverty. The results for effect modification by race/ethnicity were less conclusive. |
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spelling | pubmed-96028282022-10-27 The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California Lee, Jasmine Costello, Sadie Balmes, John R. Holm, Stephanie M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Previous studies have shown associations between air pollutants and low birth weight. However, few studies assess whether poverty and race/ethnicity are effect modifiers for this relationship. We used publicly available data on 7785 California census tracts from the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen). Multivariable linear regression was used to examine the association between outdoor PM(2.5) and low birth weight (LBW), including stratification by poverty and race/ethnicity (as a proxy for experienced racism). A 1 µg m(−)(3) increase in PM(2.5) was associated with a 0.03% (95% CI: 0.01, 0.04) increase in the percentage of LBW infants in a census tract. The association between PM(2.5) and LBW was stronger in census tracts with the majority living in poverty (0.06% increase; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.08) compared to those with fewer people living in poverty (0.02% increase; 95% CI: 0.00, 0.03). Our results show that exposure to outdoor PM(2.5) is associated with a small increase in the percentage of LBW infants in a census tract, with a further increase in tracts with high poverty. The results for effect modification by race/ethnicity were less conclusive. MDPI 2022-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9602828/ /pubmed/36294135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013554 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 Lee, Jasmine Costello, Sadie Balmes, John R. Holm, Stephanie M. The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title | The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title_full | The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title_fullStr | The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title_short | The Association between Ambient PM(2.5) and Low Birth Weight in California |
title_sort | association between ambient pm(2.5) and low birth weight in california |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36294135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013554 |
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