2022
Environmental 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansObesityPolyneuropathiesProspective StudiesResearch DesignRisk FactorsConceptsDistal 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
Longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution and insulin sensitivity: results from the KORA cohort study
Zhang S, Mwiberi S, Pickford R, Breitner S, Huth C, Koenig W, Rathmann W, Herder C, Roden M, Cyrys J, Peters A, Wolf K, Schneider A. Longitudinal associations between ambient air pollution and insulin sensitivity: results from the KORA cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health 2021, 5: e39-e49. PMID: 33421408, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30275-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term air pollution exposureAir pollution exposureAnnual average air pollutant concentrationsAssociation of air pollutionAverage air pollutant concentrationsPollution exposureLongitudinal associationsType 2 diabetesAir pollutant concentrationsLand-use regression modelsAssociated with air pollution exposureExposure to air pollutionCooperative Health ResearchAmbient air pollutionRegression modelsConcentrations of fasting insulinKORA F4German Federal Ministry of EducationHealth researchIQR incrementAir pollutionAnnual rateKORA cohortDevelopment of type 2 diabetesKORA S4