The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F75010330%3A_____%2F24%3A00014697" target="_blank" >RIV/75010330:_____/24:00014697 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14310/24:00136455

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724047041?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724047041?via%3Dihub</a>

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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The mediating role of air pollutants in the association between education and lung function among the elderly, the HAPIEE study

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

30304 - Public and environmental health

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

1879-1026

Svazek periodika

947

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

October

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

174556

Kód UT WoS článku

001267449900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85198029663