2022
Higher Daily Air Temperature Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: KORA F3 and KORA F4
Ni W, Wolf K, Breitner S, Zhang S, Nikolaou N, Ward-Caviness C, Waldenberger M, Gieger C, Peters A, Schneider A. Higher Daily Air Temperature Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: KORA F3 and KORA F4. Environmental Science And Technology 2022, 56: 17815-17824. PMID: 36442845, PMCID: PMC9775210, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeukocyte telomere lengthAssociated with shorter leukocyte telomere lengthShorter leukocyte telomere lengthKORA F3Cohort studyParticipant's residential addressMeta-analysisShort-term effectsPopulation-based studyPopulation-based settingInterquartile rangeShort-term associationsResidential addressesKORA F4Telomere lengthAge-related morbidityAdult populationPCR-based methodsEffects of air temperatureKORADaily air temperatureQuantitative PCR-based methodCohortParticipantsGeneralized additive modelEnvironmental risk factors of incident distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy: Results from the prospective population-based KORA F4/FF4 study
Herder C, Zhang S, Wolf K, Maalmi H, Bönhof G, Rathmann W, Schwettmann L, Thorand B, Roden M, Schneider A, Ziegler D, Peters A. Environmental risk factors of incident distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy: Results from the prospective population-based KORA F4/FF4 study. The Science Of The Total Environment 2022, 858: 159878. PMID: 36328258, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistal sensorimotor polyneuropathyCumulative risk indexAssociated with incident DSPNIncident DSPNOlder populationPopulation-based Cooperative Health ResearchEffect estimatesInterquartile rangeNeighborhood socioeconomic statusCooperative Health ResearchMichigan Neuropathy Screening InstrumentPrevalence of obesityEnvironmental exposuresIQR increasePoisson regression modelsYears of follow-upEnvironmental risk factorsSurrounding greennessPhysical activityNon-obese individualsParticipating residentsWaist circumferenceHealth researchSocioeconomic statusRoad traffic noise
2021
The influence of dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the association between short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes among healthy adults
Chen H, Zhang S, Shen W, Salazar C, Schneider A, Wyatt L, Rappold A, Diaz-Sanchez D, Devlin R, Samet J, Tong H. The influence of dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the association between short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes among healthy adults. Environmental Health 2021, 20: 123. PMID: 34872587, PMCID: PMC8650256, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00809-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Ambient Air Quality StandardsExposure to ambient nitrogen dioxideOmega-3 groupAmbient nitrogen dioxideOmega-3 PUFA intakeOmega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsHeart rate variabilityBlood lipidsAmbient NO2NO2 concentrationsVascular functionLung functionExposure to fine particulate matterAir quality monitoring stationsConcentrations of ambient NO2Interquartile rangeAmbient Air Quality StandardsNitrogen dioxideShort-term exposure to NO2PUFA intakeCardiovascular outcomesFine particulate matterAir quality standardsQuality monitoring stationsResearch Triangle area of North CarolinaAssociation between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and myocardial injury in the CATHGEN cohort
Zhang S, Breitner S, Cascio W, Devlin R, Neas L, Ward-Caviness C, Diaz-Sanchez D, Kraus W, Hauser E, Schwartz J, Peters A, Schneider A. Association between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and myocardial injury in the CATHGEN cohort. Environmental Pollution 2021, 275: 116663. PMID: 33581627, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116663.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine particulate matterParticulate matterDaily PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrationsShort-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matterAcute PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposureAssociation of PM<sub>2.5</sub> wiElevated PM<sub>2.5</sub>Exposure to ambient fine particulate matterExposure to fine particulate matterAmbient fine particulate matterParticipant's residential addressCTnT testNeural network-based hybrid modelResidential addressesElevated indicatorsMeasurement of NT-pro-BNPConcentrationMatterMyocardial infarction symptomsDuke University HospitalInfarction symptomsRural areasOdds ratioCoronary eventsInterquartile range