长期暴露于臭氧和儿童睡眠障碍:中国的一项多城市研究
Zhao-Huan Gui1, Joachim Heinrich2, Lidia Morawska3
1Joint International Research Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Environmental research
|July 4, 2024
概括
长期暴露于环境臭氧 (O3) 与儿童睡眠障碍的增加有关. 这种风险在中国东南地区更高,这凸显了对空气质量干预的需要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 儿科睡眠医学 儿科睡眠医学
- 空气污染流行病学
背景情况:
- 关于长期暴露于环境臭氧 (O3) 和儿童睡眠障碍之间的联系的证据有限.
- 了解这种联系对于公共卫生至关重要,特别是考虑到空气污染水平的上升.
- 儿童睡眠障碍可能会对儿童的发育和福祉产生重大影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查长期暴露于环境臭氧 (O3) 和儿童睡眠障碍的患病率之间的联系.
- 探索中国境内这种关联的区域差异.
主要方法:
- 在中国14个城市 (2012-2018年) 的185,428名儿童 (年龄在6-18岁) 进行了基于人口的横截面调查.
- 使用儿童睡眠障碍量表 (SDSC) 评估的睡眠障碍.
- 估计使用基于卫星的时空模型估计的臭氧暴露,用于分析的一般化线性混合模型,并对混因素进行调整.
主要成果:
- 19.4%的儿童报告至少有一种睡眠障碍.
- 长期的O3暴露与所有亚型的睡眠障碍有积极的关联 (例如,在家庭学校O3中,OR为每IQR增加1.22).
- 在对PM2.5和NO2进行调整后,关联仍然很重要,在中国东南部更为明显.
结论:
- 长期暴露于环境臭氧 (O3) 与儿童睡眠障碍的风险增加有关.
- 中国的地理区域影响了这种协会的强度,东南地区显示出更大的脆弱性.
- 研究结果强调了空气质量管理对儿科睡眠健康的重要性.
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