Hospital Admissions of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated to Air Pollution

Abstract

This study analyzed the association between air pollution and Hospital Admissions from

Short-term air pollution exposure and hospital admissions for cardiorespiratory diseases in Brazil: A nationwide time-series study between 2008 and 2018

“…In our study, we estimated an RR of 1.023 (95%CI: 1.019; 1.027) associated with respiratory admissions for every increase of PM2.5 by 10 µg/m 3 over 15 days of lag in the Southeast region, where São Paulo is located. In contrast, another local study was performed in a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro (also located in the Southeast region), in which the investigators estimated an increase of 3.84% (95%CI: 0.40; 7.40) in hospital admissions from circulatory diseases for people aged 65 or more associated with each increment of 10 µg/m 3 in PM10 (Oliveira et al, 2017). The authors did not find significant associations when they used O3 as their exposure.…”