Audrey Smargiassi1, Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi2, Louis-Etienne Robert2, Céline Plante3, Mona Haddad4, Philippe Gamache2, Rick Burnett5, Sophie Goudreau3, Ling Liu5, Michel Fournier3, Eric Pelletier2, Ines Yankoty4. 1. School of Public Health, Centre of Public Health Research, University of Montreal and CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Canada; Institut national de la santé publique du Québec, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: audrey.smargiassi@umontreal.ca. 2. Institut national de la santé publique du Québec, Québec, Canada. 3. Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Québec, Canada. 4. School of Public Health, Centre of Public Health Research, University of Montreal and CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Canada. 5. Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Effects of air pollutants are related to oxidative stress which is also linked to the pathogenesis of dementia including Alzheimer's and related diseases. OBJECTIVE: We assessed associations between exposure to air pollutants and the onset of dementia; the association with the distance between residence and major roads was also assessed for the island of Montreal. METHODS: We created an open cohort of adults aged 65 years and older starting in 2000 and ending in 2012 in the province of Québec, Canada using linked medico-administrative databases. New cases of dementia were defined based on a validated algorithm. Annual residential levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particles (PM2.5) at residential levels were estimated for each year of follow up using estimates based on satellite images and ground air monitoring data. Hazard ratios (HRs) were assessed with Extended (time dependent exposure) Cox models with age as the time axis and stratified for sex, for the annual exposure level at each residential address. Models were adjusted for the calendar year, area-wide social and material deprivation indexes and for NO2 or PM2.5; they were also indirectly adjusted for smoking. RESULTS: 1,807,133 persons (13,242,270 person-years) were followed and 199,826 developed dementia. From models (adjusted for calendar year, social and material deprivation indexes), HRs for an interquartile range (IQR) increase in time-varying exposure to NO2 (IQR 13.26 ppb), PM2.5 (IQR 3.90 μg/m³), and distance to major roads (IQR 150 m, in Montreal only), were 1.005 (CI 95% 0.994-1.017), 1.016 (CI 95% 1.003-1.028) and 0.969 (CI 95% 0.958-0.980), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that the onset of dementia may be related to residential exposure to PM2.5, NO2, and distance to major roads.
BACKGROUND: Effects of air pollutants are related to oxidative stress which is also linked to the pathogenesis of dementia including Alzheimer's and related diseases. OBJECTIVE: We assessed associations between exposure to air pollutants and the onset of dementia; the association with the distance between residence and major roads was also assessed for the island of Montreal. METHODS: We created an open cohort of adults aged 65 years and older starting in 2000 and ending in 2012 in the province of Québec, Canada using linked medico-administrative databases. New cases of dementia were defined based on a validated algorithm. Annual residential levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particles (PM2.5) at residential levels were estimated for each year of follow up using estimates based on satellite images and ground air monitoring data. Hazard ratios (HRs) were assessed with Extended (time dependent exposure) Cox models with age as the time axis and stratified for sex, for the annual exposure level at each residential address. Models were adjusted for the calendar year, area-wide social and material deprivation indexes and for NO2 or PM2.5; they were also indirectly adjusted for smoking. RESULTS: 1,807,133 persons (13,242,270 person-years) were followed and 199,826 developed dementia. From models (adjusted for calendar year, social and material deprivation indexes), HRs for an interquartile range (IQR) increase in time-varying exposure to NO2 (IQR 13.26 ppb), PM2.5 (IQR 3.90 μg/m³), and distance to major roads (IQR 150 m, in Montreal only), were 1.005 (CI 95% 0.994-1.017), 1.016 (CI 95% 1.003-1.028) and 0.969 (CI 95% 0.958-0.980), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that the onset of dementia may be related to residential exposure to PM2.5, NO2, and distance to major roads.
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