Association between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and myocardial injury in the CATHGEN cohort
Zhang S, Breitner S, Cascio W, Devlin R, Neas L, Ward-Caviness C, Diaz-Sanchez D, Kraus W, Hauser E, Schwartz J, Peters A, Schneider A. Association between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and myocardial injury in the CATHGEN cohort. Environmental Pollution 2021, 275: 116663. PMID: 33581627, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116663.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine particulate matterParticulate matterDaily PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrationsShort-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matterAcute PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposureAssociation of PM<sub>2.5</sub> wiElevated PM<sub>2.5</sub>Exposure to ambient fine particulate matterExposure to fine particulate matterAmbient fine particulate matterParticipant's residential addressCTnT testNeural network-based hybrid modelResidential addressesElevated indicatorsMeasurement of NT-pro-BNPConcentrationMatterMyocardial infarction symptomsDuke University HospitalInfarction symptomsRural areasOdds ratioCoronary eventsInterquartile range