Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and hospital admission, incidence, and mortality of stroke: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of more than 23 million participants
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
;
: 15-15, 2021.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-880334
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND@#Previous studies have suggested that exposure to air pollution may increase stroke risk, but the results remain inconsistent. Evidence of more recent studies is highly warranted, especially gas air pollutants.@*METHODS@#We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science to identify studies till February 2020 and conducted a meta-analysis on the association between air pollution (PM@*RESULTS@#A total of 68 studies conducted from more than 23 million participants were included in our meta-analysis. Meta-analyses showed significant associations of all six air pollutants and stroke hospital admission (e.g., PM@*CONCLUSIONS@#Exposure to air pollution was positively associated with an increased risk of stroke hospital admission (PM
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Main subject:
Particle Size
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Incidence
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Stroke
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Air Pollutants
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Air Pollution
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Environmental Exposure
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Particulate Matter
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Systematic reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
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