空气污染和早产:比较北卡罗来纳州出生队列的季度平均值和重复值暴露指标,2003-2015年
Sanjida J Mowla1, Alison K Krajewski2, Adrien A Wilkie2
1Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participant at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
概括
怀孕期间接触臭氧和PM2.5等空气污染物与早产 (PTB) 有关. 不同的暴露测量方法揭示了不同的风险,这表明重复暴露指标可能对PTB风险评估更有信息.
科学领域:
- 环境流行病学环境流行病学
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 空气质量科学 空气质量科学
背景情况:
- 产前暴露于环境空气污染物是早产 (PTB) 的已知危险因素.
- 之前的研究经常在敏感性关键窗口期间使用平均污染物度.
- 对于评估PTB风险的最有效的暴露指标仍然存在不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 评估怀孕期间臭氧 (O3) 和细颗粒物 (PM2.5) 暴露与PTB风险之间的关联.
- 用连续平均暴露指标与重复超过值的分类指标对比风险估计.
- 为减轻PTB提供空气质量标准和公共卫生战略的信息.
主要方法:
- 分析北卡罗来纳州出生证明数据 (2003-2015年) 对于没有出生缺陷的单独出生.
- 利用美国环保署的fCMAQ模型来估计每日和三个月的O3和PM2.5.5平均暴露量.
- 使用修改的波桑回归来计算PTB的调整风险差异 (RD),基于各种风险指标和值.
主要成果:
- 一组1,368,370个分娩显示了8.4%的PTBs.
- 平均和值超值曝光指标之间的一致性有所不同,随着值的上升而下降.
- 对O3的风险差异 (RDs) 范围为-31至29 (平均值) 和-2至89 (值超值).
- 对于PM2.5的RDs在23到120 (平均值) 和-227到118 (超过值) 之间.
结论:
- 怀孕期间空气污染物的不同暴露指标产生异质的PTB风险估计.
- 重复暴露指标,特别是超过值,可能会比单独平均度更细致地了解PTB风险.
- 这些发现有助于解决空气质量审查中的不确定性,并完善PTB预防策略.
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