Adjani A Peralta1,2, Joel Schwartz1,2,3, Diane R Gold1,3, Brent Coull4, Petros Koutrakis1. 1. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue Building 1, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. 2. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 3. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: Our study adds to the sparse literature on the effect of multiple fine particulate matter (PM2.5) components on QT interval length, an outcome with high clinical relevance in vulnerable populations. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the association between spatiotemporally resolved exposures to PM2.5 components and QT interval length. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among 578 men living in Eastern Massachusetts between 2000 and 2011, we utilized time-varying linear mixed-effects regressions with a random intercept to examine associations between acute (0-3 days), intermediate (4-28 days), and long-term (1 year) exposure to PM2.5 components, temperature, and heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc). Each of the PM2.5 components and temperature was geocoded to the participant's residential address using validated ensemble and hybrid exposure models and gridMET predictions. We also evaluated whether diabetic status modified the association between PM2.5 components and QTc interval. We found consistent results that higher sulfate levels and colder temperatures were associated with significant longer QTc across all moving averages except the day of exposure. The greatest effect of sulfate and temperature was detected for the 28-day moving average. In the multi-pollutant model, each 1.5 µg/m3 IQR increase in daily sulfate was associated with a 15.1 ms [95% confidence interval (CI): 10.2-20.0] increase in QTc interval and in the single-pollutant models a 15.3 ms (95% CI: 11.6-19.1) increase in QTc interval. Other secondary particles, such as nitrate and organic carbon, also prolonged QT interval, while elemental carbon decreased QT interval. We found that diabetic status did not modify the association between PM2.5 components and QTc interval. CONCLUSION: Acute and long-term exposure to PM2.5 components and temperature are associated with changes in ventricular repolarization as measured by QT interval. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: Our study adds to the sparse literature on the effect of multiple fine particulate matter (PM2.5) components on QT interval length, an outcome with high clinical relevance in vulnerable populations. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the association between spatiotemporally resolved exposures to PM2.5 components and QT interval length. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among 578 men living in Eastern Massachusetts between 2000 and 2011, we utilized time-varying linear mixed-effects regressions with a random intercept to examine associations between acute (0-3 days), intermediate (4-28 days), and long-term (1 year) exposure to PM2.5 components, temperature, and heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc). Each of the PM2.5 components and temperature was geocoded to the participant's residential address using validated ensemble and hybrid exposure models and gridMET predictions. We also evaluated whether diabetic status modified the association between PM2.5 components and QTc interval. We found consistent results that higher sulfate levels and colder temperatures were associated with significant longer QTc across all moving averages except the day of exposure. The greatest effect of sulfate and temperature was detected for the 28-day moving average. In the multi-pollutant model, each 1.5 µg/m3 IQR increase in daily sulfate was associated with a 15.1 ms [95% confidence interval (CI): 10.2-20.0] increase in QTc interval and in the single-pollutant models a 15.3 ms (95% CI: 11.6-19.1) increase in QTc interval. Other secondary particles, such as nitrate and organic carbon, also prolonged QT interval, while elemental carbon decreased QT interval. We found that diabetic status did not modify the association between PM2.5 components and QTc interval. CONCLUSION: Acute and long-term exposure to PM2.5 components and temperature are associated with changes in ventricular repolarization as measured by QT interval. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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