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  • Title: The exposure metric choices have significant impact on the association between short-term exposure to outdoor particulate matter and changes in lung function: Findings from a panel study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients.
    Author: Ni Y, Wu S, Ji W, Chen Y, Zhao B, Shi S, Tu X, Li H, Pan L, Deng F, Guo X.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 2016 Jan 15; 542(Pt A):264-70. PubMed ID: 26519586.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The use of ambient air pollution data obtained from central air-monitoring stations as surrogates for participants' exposures to outdoor air pollutants in previous studies may have introduced bias in the estimation of exposure-response associations. OBJECTIVES: We investigated and compared the effects of short-term exposure to outdoor particulate matter (PMout) and outdoor-originated equivalent personal PM (PMeq) on lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. METHODS: A total of 33 doctor-diagnosed stable COPD patients were recruited and repeatedly measured for lung function (totally 170 measurements) in 2013-2014. Daily PMout concentrations were obtained from central-monitoring stations, and daily time-weighted average PMeq concentrations were estimated based on PMout over the study. Associations of PM with lung function were estimated using mixed-effects models. RESULTS: Interquartile range increases in PM2.5out (111.0 μg/m(3), 5-day) and PM10out (112.0 μg/m(3), 3-day) were associated with a 3.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: -5.8%, -0.8%) reduction and a 2.1% (95%CI: -3.9%, -0.3%) reduction in forced vital capacity (FVC), respectively. Similar results were found for forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1). An interquartile range increase in PM2.5eq (45.3 μg/m(3), 3-day), but not PM10eq, was still associated with a 1.7% (95%CI: -3.3%, -0.1%) reduction in FVC. CONCLUSIONS: Our study may provide a novel approach to assess the association of ambient PM with health observations with improved accuracy.
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