2023
Within-city spatial variations in long-term average outdoor oxidant gas concentrations and cardiovascular mortality: Effect modification by oxidative potential in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort
Ripley S, Gao D, Pollitt K, Lakey P, Shiraiwa M, Hatzopoulou M, Weichenthal S. Within-city spatial variations in long-term average outdoor oxidant gas concentrations and cardiovascular mortality: Effect modification by oxidative potential in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort. Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 7: e257. PMID: 37545813, PMCID: PMC10403014, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCanadian Census HealthCardiovascular mortalityReactive oxygen species concentrationParticulate air pollutionEnvironment CohortMeasures of PMRetrospective cohort studyFine particulate air pollutionRelevant confounding factorsProportional hazards modelOutdoor fine particulate air pollutionPopulation health impactHealth impactsCardiovascular health impactsOutdoor air pollutionCardiovascular deathCohort studyOxidant gasesEffect modificationHazards modelConfounding factorsMortalityOxidative stressHealth effectsOxidative potential
2022
Long-term Exposure to Oxidant Gases and Mortality: Effect Modification by PM2.5 Transition Metals and Oxidative Potential
Toyib O, Lavigne E, Traub A, Umbrio D, You H, Ripley S, Pollitt K, Shin T, Kulka R, Jessiman B, Tjepkema M, Martin R, Stieb DM, Hatzopoulou M, Evans G, Burnett RT, Weichenthal S. Long-term Exposure to Oxidant Gases and Mortality: Effect Modification by PM2.5 Transition Metals and Oxidative Potential. Epidemiology 2022, 33: 767-776. PMID: 36165987, PMCID: PMC9531968, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term exposureOxidative stressFine particulate air pollutionProportional hazards modelAir pollution health effectsHealth impactsObserved health impactsParticulate air pollutionCohort studyMortality outcomesOxidant gasesEffect modificationInterquartile increaseHazards modelAdverse health impactsNonaccidental mortalityGSH levelsHealth effectsMortalityLand use regression modelsOxidative potentialMedianRegression modelsExposurePM 2.5
2015
Oxidative burden of fine particulate air pollution and risk of cause-specific mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
Weichenthal S, Crouse DL, Pinault L, Godri-Pollitt K, Lavigne E, Evans G, van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Burnett RT. Oxidative burden of fine particulate air pollution and risk of cause-specific mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC). Environmental Research 2015, 146: 92-99. PMID: 26745732, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause-specific mortalityFine particulate air pollutionOxidative burdenParticulate air pollutionHazard ratioLung cancer hazard ratiosLong-term mortality riskCox proportional hazards modelCanadian Census HealthCancer hazard ratioLung cancer mortalityRisk of mortalityProportional hazards modelRespiratory tract lining fluidCanadian Long Form CensusEnvironment CohortSynthetic respiratory tract lining fluidCancer mortalityLung cancerLining fluidMortality riskHazards modelIndividual-level covariatesInterquartile changeLong-form census