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Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5, particulate constituents and hospital admissions from non-respiratory infection

Authors :
Yijing Feng
Edgar Castro
Yaguang Wei
Tingfan Jin
Xinye Qiu
Francesca Dominici
Joel Schwartz
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2024.

Abstract

Abstract The association between PM2.5 and non-respiratory infections is unclear. Using data from Medicare beneficiaries and high-resolution datasets of PM2.5 and its constituents across 39,296 ZIP codes in the U.S between 2000 and 2016, we investigated the associations between annual PM2.5, PM2.5 constituents, source-specific PM2.5, and hospital admissions from non-respiratory infections. Each standard deviation (3.7-μg m−3) increase in PM2.5 was associated with a 10.8% (95%CI 10.8–11.2%) increase in rate of hospital admissions from non-respiratory infections. Sulfates (30.8%), Nickel (22.5%) and Copper (15.3%) contributed the largest weights in the observed associations. Each standard deviation increase in PM2.5 components sourced from oil combustion, coal burning, traffic, dirt, and regionally transported nitrates was associated with 14.5% (95%CI 7.6–21.8%), 18.2% (95%CI 7.2–30.2%), 20.6% (95%CI 5.6–37.9%), 8.9% (95%CI 0.3–18.4%) and 7.8% (95%CI 0.6–15.5%) increases in hospital admissions from non-respiratory infections. Our results suggested that non-respiratory infections are an under-appreciated health effect of PM2.5.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
15
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.267c7448c0064f93b3aed426245db28d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45776-0