Heejoo Jo1, Sandrah P Eckel2, Jiu-Chiuan Chen2, Myles Cockburn3, Mayra P Martinez4, Ting Chow4, Fred Lurmann5, William E Funk6, Rob McConnell2, Anny H Xiang7. 1. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America. 2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. 3. Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America; Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, United States of America. 4. Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America. 5. Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA, United States of America. 6. Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America. 7. Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States of America. Electronic address: anny.h.xiang@kp.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies of effects of air pollution on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been consistent, and there has been little investigation of effects of exposure preceding pregnancy. In previous studies, the temporal relationship between exposure and GDM onset has been difficult to establish. METHODS: Data were obtained for 239,574 pregnancies between 1999 and 2009 in a population-based health care system with comprehensive electronic medical records. Concentrations of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) and ≤10 μm (PM10), and ozone (O3) during preconception and the first trimester of pregnancy at the residential birth address were estimated from regulatory air monitoring stations. Odds ratios (ORs) of GDM diagnosed in the second and third trimesters in association with pollutant exposure were estimated using generalized estimating equation models adjusted for birth year, medical center service areas, maternal age, race/ethnicity, education, census-tract household income, and parity. RESULTS: In single-pollutant models, preconception NO2 was associated with increased risk of GDM (OR = 1.10 per 10.4 ppb, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07, 1.13). First trimester NO2 was weakly associated with GDM, and this was not statistically significant (OR = 1.02 per 10.4 ppb, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.05). Preconception NO2 associations were robust in multi-pollutant models adjusted for first trimester NO2 with another co-pollutant from both exposure windows. In single-pollutant models, preconception PM2.5 and PM10 associations were associated with increased risk of GDM (OR = 1.04 per 6.5 μg/m3, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.06; OR = 1.03 per 16.1 μg/m3, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.06, respectively), but these effect estimates were not robust to adjustment for other pollutants. In single-pollutant models, preconception and first trimester O3 were associated with reduced risk of GDM (OR = 0.94 per 15.7 ppb, 95% CI: 0.92, 0.95; OR = 0.95 per 15.7 ppb, 95% CI: 0.94, 0.97), associations that were robust to adjustment for co-pollutants. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal exposure to NO2 during the preconception trimester may increase risk of GDM.
BACKGROUND: Studies of effects of air pollution on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been consistent, and there has been little investigation of effects of exposure preceding pregnancy. In previous studies, the temporal relationship between exposure and GDM onset has been difficult to establish. METHODS: Data were obtained for 239,574 pregnancies between 1999 and 2009 in a population-based health care system with comprehensive electronic medical records. Concentrations of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) and ≤10 μm (PM10), and ozone (O3) during preconception and the first trimester of pregnancy at the residential birth address were estimated from regulatory air monitoring stations. Odds ratios (ORs) of GDM diagnosed in the second and third trimesters in association with pollutant exposure were estimated using generalized estimating equation models adjusted for birth year, medical center service areas, maternal age, race/ethnicity, education, census-tract household income, and parity. RESULTS: In single-pollutant models, preconception NO2 was associated with increased risk of GDM (OR = 1.10 per 10.4 ppb, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.07, 1.13). First trimester NO2 was weakly associated with GDM, and this was not statistically significant (OR = 1.02 per 10.4 ppb, 95% CI: 0.99, 1.05). Preconception NO2 associations were robust in multi-pollutant models adjusted for first trimester NO2 with another co-pollutant from both exposure windows. In single-pollutant models, preconception PM2.5 and PM10 associations were associated with increased risk of GDM (OR = 1.04 per 6.5 μg/m3, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.06; OR = 1.03 per 16.1 μg/m3, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.06, respectively), but these effect estimates were not robust to adjustment for other pollutants. In single-pollutant models, preconception and first trimester O3 were associated with reduced risk of GDM (OR = 0.94 per 15.7 ppb, 95% CI: 0.92, 0.95; OR = 0.95 per 15.7 ppb, 95% CI: 0.94, 0.97), associations that were robust to adjustment for co-pollutants. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal exposure to NO2 during the preconception trimester may increase risk of GDM.
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