School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2016
Abstract
Maternal asthma and air pollutants have been independently associated with preeclampsia but rarely studied together. Our objective was to comprehensively evaluate preeclampsia risk based on the interaction of maternal asthma and air pollutants. Preeclampsia and asthma diagnoses, demographic and clinical data came from electronic medical records for 210,508 singleton deliveries. Modified Community Multiscale Air Quality models estimated preconception, first and second trimester and whole pregnancy exposure to: particulate matter (PM)<2.5 and <10µm, ozone, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO); PM2.5 constituents; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Asthma-pollutant interaction adjusted relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for preeclampsia were calculated by interquartile range for criteria pollutants and high exposure (≥75th percentile) for PAHs and VOCs. Asthmatics had higher risk associated with first trimester NOx and SO2 and whole pregnancy elemental carbon (EC) exposure than non-asthmatics, but only EC significantly increased risk (RR=1.11, CI:1.03-1.21). Asthmatics also had a 10% increased risk associated with second trimester CO. Significant interactions were observed for nearly all VOCs and asthmatics had higher risk during all time windows for benzene, ethylbenzene, m-xylene, o-xylene, p-xylene and toluene while most PAHs did not increase risk.
Recommended Citation
Mendola, P., Wallace, M., Liu, D., Robledo, C., Mӓnnistӧ, T., & Grantz, K. L. (2016). Air pollution exposure and preeclampsia among US women with and without asthma. Environmental research, 148, 248–255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.004
Publication Title
Environmental research
DOI
10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.004
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Population Health and Biostatistics
Comments
Published by Elsevier Inc.