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 model
2021
Association 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