Ambient particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is associated with the ratio of type 2 diabetes to obesity

We used county level data for T2D prevalence across the mainland USA and matched this to county level ambient PM2.5. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the relation between prevalence of T2D with PM2.5 after adjustment for confounding factors. PM2.5 explained 6.3% of the spatial variat...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2017-08, Vol.7 (1), p.9144-9144, Article 9144
Main Authors: Mazidi, Mohsen, Speakman, John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
692/163/2743/137/773
704/106/694/2739/2807
Air Pollutants - adverse effects
Air pollution
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - chemically induced
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology
Education
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Linear Models
Male
multidisciplinary
Obesity
Obesity - chemically induced
Obesity - epidemiology
Particulate matter
Particulate Matter - adverse effects
Poverty
Prevalence
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Sex Characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
United States - epidemiology
Variation
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Summary:We used county level data for T2D prevalence across the mainland USA and matched this to county level ambient PM2.5. Multiple linear regression was used to determine the relation between prevalence of T2D with PM2.5 after adjustment for confounding factors. PM2.5 explained 6.3% of the spatial variation in obesity, and 17.9% of the spatial variation in T2D. After correcting the T2D prevalence for obesity, race, poverty, education and temperature, PM2.5 still explained 8.3% of the residual variation in males (P 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-08287-1