title: Particulate air pollution and mortality in a cohort of Chinese men.
abstract: Few prior cohort studies exist in developing countries examining the association of ambient particulate matter (PM) with mortality. We examined the association of particulate air pollution with mortality in a prospective cohort study of 71,431 middle-aged Chinese men. Baseline data were obtained during 1990-1991. The follow-up evaluation was completed in January, 2006. Annual average PM exposure between 1990 and 2005, including TSP and PM10, were estimated by linking fixed-site monitoring data with residential communities. We found significant associations between PM10 and mortality from cardiopulmonary diseases; each 10 μg/m(3) PM10 was associated with a 1.6% (95%CI: 0.7%, 2.6%), 1.8% (95%CI: 0.8%, 2.9%) and 1.7% (95%CI: 0.3%, 3.2%) increased risk of total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality, respectively. For TSP, we observed significant associations only for cardiovascular morality. These data contribute to the scientific literature on long-term effects of particulate air pollution for high exposure settings typical in developing countries.
authors: National Center of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors: Maigeng
authors: M
authors: Zhou
authors: National Center of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors: Yunning
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: National Center of Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors: Lijun
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Occupational Medicine, Shanghai Yangpu District Central Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors: Xingya
authors: X
authors: Kuang
authors: Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors: Xiaohui
authors: X
authors: Xu
authors: School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP(3)), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Research Institute for the Changing Global Environment and Fudan Tyndall Centre, Fudan University, Box 249, 130 Dong-An Road, Shanghai 200032, China. Electronic address: haidongkan@gmail.com.
authors: Haidong
authors: H
authors: Kan
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter
keywords: Air pollution; Cohort study; Mortality; Particulate matter