Carrie P Aaron1, Eric A Hoffman2, Steven M Kawut3, John H M Austin4, Matthew Budoff5, Erin D Michos6, Karen Hinckley Stukovsky7, Coralynn Sack8, Adam A Szpiro7, Karol D Watson5, Joel D Kaufman8,9,10, R Graham Barr1,11. 1. Dept of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. 2. Dept of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. 3. Depts of Medicine and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 4. Dept of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. 5. Dept of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6. Dept of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 7. Dept of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 8. Dept of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 9. Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 10. Dept of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 11. Dept of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Air pollution alters small pulmonary vessels in animal models. We hypothesised that long-term ambient air pollution exposure would be associated with differences in pulmonary vascular volumes in a population-based study. METHODS: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis recruited adults in six US cities. Personalised long-term exposures to ambient black carbon, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), particulate matter with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone were estimated using spatiotemporal models. In 2010-2012, total pulmonary vascular volume was measured as the volume of detectable pulmonary arteries and veins, including vessel walls and luminal blood volume, on noncontrast chest computed tomography (TPVVCT). Peripheral TPVVCT was limited to the peripheral 2 cm to isolate smaller vessels. Linear regression adjusted for demographics, anthropometrics, smoking, second-hand smoke, renal function and scanner manufacturer. RESULTS: The mean±sd age of the 3023 participants was 69.3±9.3 years; 46% were never-smokers. Mean exposures were 0.80 μg·m-3 black carbon, 14.6 ppb NO2 and 11.0 μg·m-3 ambient PM2.5. Mean±sd peripheral TPVVCT was 79.2±18.2 cm3 and TPVVCT was 129.3±35.1 cm3. Greater black carbon exposure was associated with a larger peripheral TPVVCT, including after adjustment for city (mean difference 0.41 (95% CI 0.03-0.79) cm3 per interquartile range; p=0.036). Associations for peripheral TPVVCT with NO2 were similar but nonsignificant after city adjustment, while those for PM2.5 were of similar magnitude but nonsignificant after full adjustment. There were no associations for NO x or ozone, or between any pollutant and TPVVCT. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term black carbon exposure was associated with a larger peripheral TPVVCT, suggesting diesel exhaust may contribute to remodelling of small pulmonary vessels in the general population.
BACKGROUND: Air pollution alters small pulmonary vessels in animal models. We hypothesised that long-term ambient air pollution exposure would be associated with differences in pulmonary vascular volumes in a population-based study. METHODS: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis recruited adults in six US cities. Personalised long-term exposures to ambient black carbon, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), particulate matter with a 50% cut-off aerodynamic diameter of <2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone were estimated using spatiotemporal models. In 2010-2012, total pulmonary vascular volume was measured as the volume of detectable pulmonary arteries and veins, including vessel walls and luminal blood volume, on noncontrast chest computed tomography (TPVVCT). Peripheral TPVVCT was limited to the peripheral 2 cm to isolate smaller vessels. Linear regression adjusted for demographics, anthropometrics, smoking, second-hand smoke, renal function and scanner manufacturer. RESULTS: The mean±sd age of the 3023 participants was 69.3±9.3 years; 46% were never-smokers. Mean exposures were 0.80 μg·m-3 black carbon, 14.6 ppb NO2 and 11.0 μg·m-3 ambient PM2.5. Mean±sd peripheral TPVVCT was 79.2±18.2 cm3 and TPVVCT was 129.3±35.1 cm3. Greater black carbon exposure was associated with a larger peripheral TPVVCT, including after adjustment for city (mean difference 0.41 (95% CI 0.03-0.79) cm3 per interquartile range; p=0.036). Associations for peripheral TPVVCT with NO2 were similar but nonsignificant after city adjustment, while those for PM2.5 were of similar magnitude but nonsignificant after full adjustment. There were no associations for NO x or ozone, or between any pollutant and TPVVCT. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term black carbon exposure was associated with a larger peripheral TPVVCT, suggesting diesel exhaust may contribute to remodelling of small pulmonary vessels in the general population.
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