Long-term exposure to low-level air pollution and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The ELAPSE project.

Liu, ShuoJørgensen, Jeanette TLjungman, PetterPershagen, GöranBellander, TomLeander, KarinMagnusson, Patrik K ERizzuto, DeboraHvidtfeldt, Ulla ARaaschou-Nielsen, OleWolf, KathrinHoffmann, BarbaraBrunekreef, BertStrak, MaciejChen, JieMehta, AmarAtkinson, Richard WBauwelinck, MariskaVarraso, RaphaëlleBoutron-Ruault, Marie-ChristineBrandt, JørgenCesaroni, GiuliaForastiere, FrancescoFecht, DanielaGulliver, JohnHertel, Olede Hoogh, KeesJanssen, Nicole A HKatsouyanni, KleaKetzel, MatthiasKlompmaker, Jochem ONagel, GabrieleOftedal, BentePeters, AnnetteTjønneland, AnneRodopoulou, Sophia PSamoli, EvangeliaBekkevold, TereseSigsgaard, TorbenStafoggia, MassimoVienneau, DanielleWeinmayr, GudrunHoek, GerardAndersen, Zorana J2020-12-132020-12-132020-12-013327631610.1016/j.envint.2020.106267http://hdl.handle.net/10029/624570Within the 'Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe' (ELAPSE) study, we pooled data from three cohorts, from Denmark and Sweden, with information on COPD hospital discharge diagnoses. Hybrid land use regression models were used to estimate annual mean concentrations of particulate matter with a diameter < 2.5 µm (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and black carbon (BC) in 2010 at participants' baseline residential addresses, which were analysed in relation to COPD incidence using Cox proportional hazards models.enCopyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Air pollutionCOPD incidenceLow-level exposureLong-term exposure to low-level air pollution and incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The ELAPSE project.Article1873-6750Environ Int 2021; 146:106267