2021
Longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution and insulin sensitivity: results from the KORA cohort study
Zhang S, Mwiberi S, Pickford R, Breitner S, Huth C, Koenig W, Rathmann W, Herder C, Roden M, Cyrys J, Peters A, Wolf K, Schneider A. Longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution and insulin sensitivity: results from the KORA cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2021, 5: e39-e49. PMID: 33421408, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30275-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term air pollution exposureAir pollution exposureAnnual average air pollutant concentrationsAssociation of air pollutionAverage air pollutant concentrationsPollution exposureLongitudinal associationsType 2 diabetesAir pollutant concentrationsLand-use regression modelsAssociated with air pollution exposureExposure to air pollutionCooperative Health ResearchAmbient air pollutionRegression modelsConcentrations of fasting insulinKORA F4German Federal Ministry of EducationHealth researchIQR incrementAir pollutionAnnual rateKORA cohortDevelopment of type 2 diabetesKORA S4
2020
Association of Long-Term Air Pollution with Prevalence and Incidence of Distal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: KORA F4/FF4 Study
Herder C, Schneider A, Zhang S, Wolf K, Maalmi H, Huth C, Pickford R, Laxy M, Bönhof G, Koenig W, Rathmann W, Roden M, Peters A, Thorand B, Ziegler D. Association of Long-Term Air Pollution with Prevalence and Incidence of Distal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: KORA F4/FF4 Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2020, 128: 127013. PMID: 33356516, PMCID: PMC7757787, DOI: 10.1289/ehp7311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident DSPNDistal sensorimotor polyneuropathyAssociated with incident DSPNObese participantsType 2 diabetesNonobese participantsPopulation-based study of older individualsDevelopment of distal sensorimotor polyneuropathyAnnual average air pollutant concentrationsAssociation of air pollutionRates of type 2 diabetesAverage air pollutant concentrationsRobust error varianceCooperative Health ResearchAssociated with higher prevalenceStudies of older individualsPopulation-based studyPoisson regression modelsLong-term air pollutionCross-sectional analysisAir pollutionParticipating residentsKORA F4Health researchYears of age