住宅暴露于炼油厂是冠心病的新情境风险因素吗?
Honghyok Kim1, Natalia Festa2, Kate Burrows3
1Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Environmental research
|December 20, 2023
概括
生活在炼油厂附近与冠状动脉心脏病 (CHD) 的更高率有关. 这项研究表明,炼油厂污染可能会增加心脏病风险,特别是在美国南部.
科学领域:
- 环境流行病学环境流行病学
- 心血管疾病的研究研究.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 心血管疾病 (CVD) 死亡率显示,美国的地理差异正在扩大,集中在南方.
- 在美国南部普遍存在的石油生产和炼油,会排放有氧污染物,导致气候变化.
- 现有的研究表明,需要探索导致心血管疾病差异的环境因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查住宅暴露在炼油厂和美国南部各州自我报告的冠心病 (CHD) 患病率之间的联系.
- 确定石油炼油厂的邻近是否解释了在人口普查区层面上冠状动脉疾病流行率的变化.
- 量化炼油厂暴露对CHD病例的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 利用双重匹配方法 (一对一的距离和一对一的通用倾向得分匹配) 来控制空间混.
- 基于炼油厂附近,活动和气象数据 (风速/方向) 的构建暴露指标.
- 对六个南方州的冠状动脉疾病流行率和炼油厂位置的普查区级数据进行了分析.
主要成果:
- 在离炼油厂10公里以内的人口普查区,心血管疾病的患病率从1.2%到17.6%不等.
- 在炼油厂5公里范围内,暴露的标准偏差增加1个,与心脏病发病率增加0.33个百分点有关.
- 据估计,在炼油厂5公里以内的地区,CHD患病率的1.6%可能归因于炼油厂的暴露.
结论:
- 在居住在石油炼油厂附近的人群中观察到更高的CHD患病率.
- 调查结果表明,炼油厂暴露与CHD风险增加之间存在潜在联系,需要进一步调查.
- 虽然不能排除混因素,但对炼油厂的环境暴露可能会导致心血管健康差异.
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