Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project
GCGiulia CesaroniFFFrancesco ForastiereMSMassimo StafoggiaZJZorana Jovanovic AndersenCBChiara Badaloní
Danish Cancer Society · University of Copenhagen · +23 more institutions
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Abstract
Objectives
To study the effect of long term exposure to airborne pollutants on the incidence of acute coronary events in 11 cohorts participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE).
Design
Prospective cohort studies and meta-analysis of the results.
Setting
Cohorts in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Italy.
Participants
100 166 people were enrolled from 1997 to 2007 and followed for an average of 11.5 years. Participants were free from previous coronary events at baseline. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Modelled concentrations of particulate matter
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Hazard ratio
- Confidence interval
- Prospective cohort study
- Myocardial infarction
- Cohort study
- Cohort
- Unstable angina
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Good health and well-being
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