The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/24:00136455
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174556" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174556</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study
Original language description
Background: Chronic exposure to air pollutants harms human health, and at a geographical level, concentrations of air pollutants are often associated with socioeconomic disadvantage. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of educational attainment and air pollution on lung function in older adults, and whether air pollution may mediate the effect of education. Methods: The study included 6381 individuals (mean age 58.24 +/- 7.14 years) who participated in the Czech HAPPIE (Health, Alcohol, and Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe) study. Participants' residential addresses were linked to air pollution data, including mean exposures to PM10 (particulate matter of aerodynamic diameter below 10 mu m) and NO2 (nitrogen dioxide). We used path analysis to link educational attainment and air pollutants to a standardized measure of the Forced Expiratory Volume in the first second (FEV1). Results: Higher levels of participants' education were associated with lower exposures to PM10 and NO2. Individuals with tertiary education had higher standardized FEV1 than individuals with primary education (88 % vs 95 %). Path analysis revealed a direct positive effect of education on FEV1, while about 12 % of the relationship between education and lung function was mediated by PM10 and NO2. Conclusions: Education (typically completed at young ages) appeared to have a protective effect on lung function later in life, and a small part of this effect was mediated by air pollution.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30304 - Public and environmental health
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN
0048-9697
e-ISSN
1879-1026
Volume of the periodical
947
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
174556
UT code for WoS article
001267449900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85198029663