2024
Do relationships between ambient temperature and serious adverse health outcomes vary among users of different antidiabetes drugs? A retrospective cohort study of US Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes
Leonard C, Bogar K, Brensinger C, Bilker W, Bell M, Flory J, Shi C, Chen C, Hennessy S. Do relationships between ambient temperature and serious adverse health outcomes vary among users of different antidiabetes drugs? A retrospective cohort study of US Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e085139. PMID: 39433419, PMCID: PMC11499775, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse health outcomesZone Improvement PlanHealth outcomesSudden cardiac arrestMedicaid beneficiariesType 2 diabetesLinear associationResidential zip codeModified Poisson regressionCardiac arrestInverse linear associationPerson-daysUsers of sulfonylureasNon-insulin usersPositive linear associationHealth plan enrollmentRetrospective cohort studyEffect modificationPoisson regressionZip codesHospital presentationHealthcare claimsUS MedicaidCohort studyCalculated age-
2023
Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Lee W, Wu X, Heo S, Kim J, Fong K, Son J, Sabath M, Trisovic A, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Al-Aly Z, Bell M. Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 047008. PMID: 37036790, PMCID: PMC10084931, DOI: 10.1289/ehp10729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryFirst hospital admissionLongitudinal cohort studyHospital admissionKidney injuryCohort studyHazard ratioPopulation-based longitudinal cohort studyU.S. Medicare populationYears of ageAir pollution exposureNationwide Medicare dataPublic health policyCurrent National Ambient Air Quality StandardHealth care expendituresKidney functionDisease burdenMedicare populationMedicare dataLong-term exposureAdmissionPollution exposureHealth policyCare expendituresEffect estimatesAssociations between greenness and kidney disease in Massachusetts: The US Medicare longitudinal cohort study
Lee W, Heo S, Stewart R, Wu X, Fong K, Son J, Sabath B, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Bell M. Associations between greenness and kidney disease in Massachusetts: The US Medicare longitudinal cohort study. Environment International 2023, 173: 107844. PMID: 36841189, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryChronic kidney diseaseFirst hospital admissionKidney diseaseResidential greennessHospital admissionCohort studyHazard ratioLongitudinal population-based cohort studyMedicare Part A beneficiariesPopulation-based cohort studyReduced kidney functionLongitudinal cohort studyZip codesResidential zip codeKidney injuryKidney functionKidney patientsLower riskOverall populationWhite beneficiariesDiseaseAdmissionHealth benefitsAssociation
2022
Associations between long term air pollution exposure and first hospital admission for kidney and total urinary system diseases in the US Medicare population: nationwide longitudinal cohort study
Lee W, Wu X, Heo S, Fong K, Son J, Sabath M, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Bell M. Associations between long term air pollution exposure and first hospital admission for kidney and total urinary system diseases in the US Medicare population: nationwide longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Medicine 2022, 1: e000009. PMID: 36936557, PMCID: PMC10012859, DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2021-000009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseFirst hospital admissionUrinary system diseasesNationwide longitudinal cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyHospital admissionSystem diseasesTotal kidneyCohort studyHazard ratioMedicare populationLong-term air pollution exposureSecondary outcome measuresPpb increaseUS Medicare populationZip codesAir pollution exposureKidney outcomesFirst admissionKidney diseaseDiagnosis codesNational HealthOutcome measuresMedicare feeUrinary system
2019
Publisher Correction: Effect of statins on the association between high temperature and all-cause mortality in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population: a cohort study
Nam Y, Bilker W, Leonard C, Bell M, Alexander L, Hennessy S. Publisher Correction: Effect of statins on the association between high temperature and all-cause mortality in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population: a cohort study. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 11010. PMID: 31337775, PMCID: PMC6650422, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46259-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Residential mobility during pregnancy in Urban Gansu, China
Tang Z, Zhang H, Bai H, Chen Y, Zhao N, Zhou M, Cui H, Lerro C, Lin X, Lv L, Zhang C, Zhang H, Xu R, Zhu D, Dang Y, Han X, Xu X, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Ma B, Liu X, Wang Y, Wang W, Liu S, Luo J, Huang H, Liang J, Jiang M, Qiu W, Bell ML, Qiu J, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Residential mobility during pregnancy in Urban Gansu, China. Health & Place 2018, 53: 258-263. PMID: 30196043, PMCID: PMC6556377, DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.08.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth outcomesMaternal complicationsPregnant womenLow birth weightAdverse birth outcomesEnvironmental exposuresBirth cohort studyMultivariate logistic regressionTime of deliveryCohort studyPreterm birthThird trimesterBirth weightMaternal characteristicsMaternal residencePregnancyLogistic regressionComplicationsExposure misclassificationAsian populationsLower likelihoodBirth defectsDisease associationsOutcomesExposureEffects of prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutant PM10 on ultrasound-measured fetal growth
Zhao N, Qiu J, Ma S, Zhang Y, Lin X, Tang Z, Zhang H, Huang H, Ma N, Huang Y, Bell ML, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Effects of prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutant PM10 on ultrasound-measured fetal growth. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2018, 47: 1072-1081. PMID: 29529195, PMCID: PMC6124630, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal fetal growthFetal growthPrenatal exposurePM10 exposureBiparietal diameterFemur lengthAbdominal circumferenceHead circumferenceImportant public health implicationsPost-natal consequencesFetal growth parametersBirth cohort studyLimited epidemiological studiesPublic health implicationsCohort studyPregnant womenUltrasound examinationFetal overgrowthM3 increaseEpidemiological studiesExposure windowsMixed-effects modellingHigh levelsAmbient particulate matterUltrasound measurements
2015
Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension in urban China
Huang X, Qiu J, Zhang Y, Qiu W, He X, Wang Y, Sun Q, Zhao N, Cui H, Liu S, Tang Z, Chen Y, Yue L, Da Z, Lv L, Lin X, Zhang C, Zhang H, Xu R, Zhu D, Xu X, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Dang Y, Han X, Zhang H, Bai H, Wang W, Wang Y, Liu X, Ma B, Huang H, Liang J, Jiang M, Ma S, Bell M, Kim C, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension in urban China. Environmental Research Letters 2015, 10: 084025. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnancy-induced hypertensionGestational weeksSevere PERisk of PIHDifferent exposure time windowsRisk of GHBirth cohort studyLate-onset PEExposure time windowsHigh-level exposureTiming of exposureCohort studyEntire pregnancyPIH casesPregnant womenPM10 exposurePregnancyLevel exposureHypertensionRiskGHExposureWeeksAir borne particulate matterAssociation
2014
Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of preterm birth in Lanzhou, China
Zhao N, Qiu J, Zhang Y, He X, Zhou M, Li M, Xu X, Cui H, Lv L, Lin X, Zhang C, Zhang H, Xu R, Zhu D, Lin R, Yao T, Su J, Dang Y, Han X, Zhang H, Bai H, Chen Y, Tang Z, Wang W, Wang Y, Liu X, Ma B, Liu S, Qiu W, Huang H, Liang J, Chen Q, Jiang M, Ma S, Jin L, Holford T, Leaderer B, Bell ML, Liu Q, Zhang Y. Ambient air pollutant PM10 and risk of preterm birth in Lanzhou, China. Environment International 2014, 76: 71-77. PMID: 25553395, PMCID: PMC4526148, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthEntire pregnancyClinical subtypesUnconditional logistic regression modelingVery preterm birthSingleton live birthsBirth cohort studyLimited epidemiologic studiesMonths of pregnancyExposure time windowsLogistic regression modelingHigh-level exposureHealth policy makersHigh exposure levelsLast 6weeksCohort studyVery pretermRisk factorsLive birthsPM10 exposureEpidemiologic studiesAir pollution levelsPregnancyLevel exposureExposure levels