Abstract
Objectives: We evaluated the association between short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Japan.
Conclusions: Short-term exposure to outdoor air pollution was associated with increased risk of cardiac arrest.
Methods: We studied 558 residents of Okayama, Japan, who visited hospital emergency departments between January 2006 and December 2010 for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using a time-stratified case-crossover design. We calculated city-representative average concentrations of different air pollutants and examined the association between air pollution and cardiac arrest.
Results: Exposure to air pollution was associated with an elevated risk of cardiac arrest; for example, odds ratios was 1.17 (95% confidence interval, 1.02 to 1.33) per interquartile-range increase in suspended particulate matter concentrations in the previous 48 to 72 hours. We also observed different susceptibilities to suspended particulate matter and ozone exposures by age category.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1019-1023 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 8 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health