nitrogen-dioxide and Anemia

Health effects of air pollution on anaemia have been scarcely studied worldwide. We aimed to explore the associations of long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants with anaemia prevalence and haemoglobin levels in Chinese older adults.. We used two-level linear regression models and modified Poisson regression with robust error variance to examine the associations of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO. All the studied pollutants were significantly associated with increased anaemia prevalence in single pollutant model (e.g., the prevalence ratios associated with an increase in inter quartile range in three years moving average PM. Air pollution exposure was significantly associated with increased prevalence of anaemia and decreased haemoglobin levels in a cohort of older Chinese adults.

Topics: Aged; Air Pollutants; Air Pollution; Anemia; China; Environmental Exposure; Female; Hemoglobins; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nitrogen Dioxide; Particulate Matter; Prevalence