AIMS: Evaluating the effects of air pollution on Sao Paulo city's vehicular traffic controllers by means of risk indicators for cardiovascular diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four hour blood pressure recordings and an electrocardiogram were obtained in 48 healthy, non-smoking vehicular traffic controllers, aged 31-55 years, during three periods: winter 2000, summer 2001, and winter 2001. Effects of air pollutants on the outcomes were estimated using linear regression based on generalized estimated equations, controlling for age, body mass index, humidity, and temperature. An interquartile range (IQR) increase in CO (1.1 p.p.m.) was associated with increases of 2.6 mmHg (95% CI 1.0, 4.2), 1.8 mmHg (95% CI 0.8, 2.8), and 2.4 mmHg (95% CI 1.1, 3.6) in systolic, diastolic, and mean 24 h ambulatory blood pressures. SO(2) also had relevant effects on blood pressure. On heart rate variability, an IQR increase of SO2 (9.6 microg/m3) was negatively associated with the standard deviation (SD) of normal RR intervals (SDNN) -7.93 ms (95% CI -15.3, -0.6). CONCLUSION: This study supplies biological plausibility for observational studies on air pollution-related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
AIMS: Evaluating the effects of air pollution on Sao Paulo city's vehicular traffic controllers by means of risk indicators for cardiovascular diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-four hour blood pressure recordings and an electrocardiogram were obtained in 48 healthy, non-smoking vehicular traffic controllers, aged 31-55 years, during three periods: winter 2000, summer 2001, and winter 2001. Effects of air pollutants on the outcomes were estimated using linear regression based on generalized estimated equations, controlling for age, body mass index, humidity, and temperature. An interquartile range (IQR) increase in CO (1.1 p.p.m.) was associated with increases of 2.6 mmHg (95% CI 1.0, 4.2), 1.8 mmHg (95% CI 0.8, 2.8), and 2.4 mmHg (95% CI 1.1, 3.6) in systolic, diastolic, and mean 24 h ambulatory blood pressures. SO(2) also had relevant effects on blood pressure. On heart rate variability, an IQR increase of SO2 (9.6 microg/m3) was negatively associated with the standard deviation (SD) of normal RR intervals (SDNN) -7.93 ms (95% CI -15.3, -0.6). CONCLUSION: This study supplies biological plausibility for observational studies on air pollution-related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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