Increases in Heart Rate during an Air Pollution Episode

This paper assesses whether air pollution increases resting heart rates in 2, 681 men and women aged 25–64 years who participated in the MONICA (monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) Augsburg cohort. Increases in heart rate were observed during the air pollution episode in...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1999-11, Vol.150 (10), p.1094-1098
Main Authors: Peters, Annette, Perz, Siegfried, Döring, Angela, Stieber, Jutta, Koenig, Wolfgang, Wichmann, H.Erich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
air pollution
Air Pollution - adverse effects
Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding
Biological and medical sciences
Carbon Monoxide - adverse effects
cardiovascular diseases
Cohort Studies
Environment. Living conditions
Female
Germany
heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Particle Size
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
sulfur dioxide
Sulfur Dioxide - adverse effects
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Summary:This paper assesses whether air pollution increases resting heart rates in 2, 681 men and women aged 25–64 years who participated in the MONICA (monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) Augsburg cohort. Increases in heart rate were observed during the air pollution episode in January 1985 compared with non-episode days adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors and meteorologic parameters. Consistently, heart rates were also elevated at high concentrations of sulfur dioxide, total suspended particulates, or carbon monoxide. Acceleration in heart rates indicates an altered autonomic control of the heart in association with air pollution, which may contribute to the observed health effects in association with air pollution. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 150: 1094-8.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009934