Effects of Short- And Medium-Term Exposures to Lower Air Temperature on 71 Novel Biomarkers of Subclinical Inflammation: Results from the KORA F4 Study
Ni W, Breitner S, Nikolaou N, Wolf K, Zhang S, Peters A, Herder C, Schneider A. Effects of Short- And Medium-Term Exposures to Lower Air Temperature on 71 Novel Biomarkers of Subclinical Inflammation: Results from the KORA F4 Study. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 12210-12221. PMID: 37552838, PMCID: PMC10448716, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKORA F4 studyBiomarkers of subclinical inflammationHigher risk of chronic diseasesF4 studyLevels of air pollutionLow air temperatureRisk of chronic diseasesPopulation-based KORA F4 studyCross-sectional analysisSubclinical inflammationAdverse health effectsCumulative lagAssociated with higher levelsAir pollutionAir temperatureChronic diseasesNeurotrophin-3Older participantsInterleukin-6Additive modelMedium-term effectsProximity extension assay technologyHealth effectsCardiovascular diseaseHigh risk