Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2-16-2018
Journal
Environmental health perspectives
Volume
126
Issue
2
DOI
10.1289/EHP2152
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence links higher particulate matter (PM) air pollution exposure to late-life cognitive impairment. However, few studies have considered associations between direct estimates of long-term past exposures and brain MRI findings indicative of neurodegeneration or cerebrovascular disease.
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to quantify the association between brain MRI findings and PM exposures approximately 5 to 20 y prior to MRI in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.
METHODS: ARIC is based in four U.S. sites: Washington County, Maryland; Minneapolis suburbs, Minnesota; Forsyth County, North Carolina; and Jackson, Mississippi. A subset of ARIC participants underwent 3T brain MRI in 2011-2013 (n=1,753). We estimated mean exposures to PM with an aerodynamic diameter less than 10 or 2.5μm (PM
RESULTS: In pooled analyses, higher mean PM
CONCLUSIONS: Long-term past PM exposure in was not associated with markers of cerebrovascular disease. Higher long-term past PM exposures were associated with smaller deep-gray volumes overall, and higher PM
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APA Citation
Power, M., Lamichhane, A., Liao, D., Xu, X., Jack, C., Gottesman, R., Mosley, T., Stewart, J., Yanosky, J., & Whitsel, E. (2018). The Association of Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution with Brain MRI Findings: The ARIC Study.. Environmental health perspectives, 126 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP2152
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