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Hemoglobin A1c and 10-year information processing speed in Japanese community dwellers
ConclusionsHigher baseline HbA1c was associated with greater subsequent decline in information processing ability in Japanese community dwellers, even with the pre-clinical HbA1c level (6.0 to< 6.5%) in women. The results suggest that good glycemic control or prevention of hyperglycemia may contribute to maintaining information processing ability.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - April 22, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 710: The Persistence of Oral Health Disparities for African American Children: A Scoping Review
In conclusion, oral health care remains an underutilized service by African American children, despite increasing access to oral care secondary to improvements in insurance coverage and community-based programs.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 27, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Dominique H. Como Leah I. Stein Duker Jos é C. Polido Sharon A. Cermak Tags: Review Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 671: Association between Heavy Metals, Bisphenol A, Volatile Organic Compounds and Phthalates and Metabolic Syndrome
ongmug Kang
The incidence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which causes heart disease and stroke, has increased significantly worldwide. Although many studies have revealed the relationship between heavy metals (cadmium, mercury, and lead), the sum of metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and MetS, the results remain inconsistent. No study has reported the association between various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and phthalate metabolites with MetS. This cross-sectional study of a representative sample of adult South Koreans aimed to evaluate the relationship between heavy metals, VOC metabolites, phthalat...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 25, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yun Hwa Shim Jung Won Ock Yoon-Ji Kim Youngki Kim Se Yeong Kim Dongmug Kang Tags: Article Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 521: Shift Work Including Night Work and Long Working Hours in Industrial Plants Increases the Risk of Atherosclerosis
We examined arterial stiffness (central blood pressure, augmentation pressure and index, and pulse wave velocity) by the use of SphygmoCor&reg; (AtCor Medical Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia) and the carotid arteries by ultrasound. We assessed VO2max by bicycle ergometry. We applied linear and logistic regression to evaluate associations between total number of years in shift work and cardiovascular outcome measures. The day workers were older and had more pronounced arterial stiffness compared to the shift workers. Number of years as a shift worker was associated with increased carotid intima media thickness (max IMT) ...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 12, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Marit Skogstad Asgeir Mamen Lars-Kristian Lunde Bente Ulvestad Dagfinn Matre Hans Christian D. Aass Reidun Øvstebø Pia Nielsen Kari N. Samuelsen Øivind Skare Per Anton Sirnes Tags: Article Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 464: Obesity and Urban Environments
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Obesity is a major public health issue, affecting both developed and developing societies. Obesity increases the risk for heart disease, stroke, some cancers, and type II diabetes. While individual behaviours are important risk factors, impacts on obesity and overweight of the urban physical and social environment have figured large in the recent epidemiological literature, though evidence is incomplete and from a limited range of countries. Prominent among identified environmental influences are urban layout and sprawl, healthy food access, exercise access, and the neighbourhood social environment. This paper revie...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 5, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Congdon Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 462: Health Benefits of Physical Activity Related to An Urban Riverside Regeneration
This study aimed to quantify health and health-related economic impacts associated with physical activity in an urban riverside park regeneration project in Barcelona, Spain. We used data from Barcelona local authorities and meta-analysis assessing physical activity and health outcomes to develop and apply the &ldquo;Blue Active Tool&rdquo;. We estimated park user health impacts in terms of all-cause mortality, morbidity (ischemic heart disease; ischemic stroke; type 2 diabetes; cancers of the colon and breast; and dementia), disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and health-related economic impacts. We est...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - February 5, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Vert Nieuwenhuijsen Gascon Grellier Fleming White Rojas-Rueda Tags: Article Source Type: research
Association between urban green space and the risk of cardiovascular disease: A longitudinal study in seven Korean metropolitan areas.
CONCLUSION: Residing in urban regions with greater green space coverage may lead to a reduced risk of CVD. Urban planning intervention policies that increase urban green space coverage could help to reduce the risk of CVD.
PMID: 30703611 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Environment International - January 28, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Seo S, Choi S, Kim K, Kim SM, Park SM Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of exposure to occupational noise and of the effect of exposure to occupational noise on cardiovascular disease.
aga JU
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are developing a joint methodology for estimating the national and global work-related burden of disease and injury (WHO/ILO joint methodology), with contributions from a large network of experts. In this paper, we present the protocol for two systematic reviews of parameters for estimating the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life years from cardiovascular disease attributable to exposure to occupational noise, to inform the development of the WHO/ILO joint methodology.
OBJECTIVES: We aim t...
Source: Environment International - January 22, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Teixeira LR, Azevedo TM, Bortkiewicz A, Corrêa da Silva DT, de Abreu W, de Almeida MS, de Araujo MAN, Gadzicka E, Ivanov ID, Leppink N, Macedo MRV, de S Maciel EMG, Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska M, Pega F, Prüss-Üstün AM, Siedlecka J, Stevens GA, Ujita Y, B Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
Health risk associated with potential source regions of PM 2.5 in Indian cities
AbstractThis paper estimates the regional contribution of high PM2.5 concentration and associated mortality using HYSPLIT back trajectory analysis in eight Indian cities during 2015 –2016. Health risk and mortality estimation were carried out using the Integrated Exposure Response function (IER) which was verified using our previous time series study in Delhi. Risk estimates from IER were observed to be slightly over-predicted (2.14%) when compared to health risk from time se ries study in Delhi. Health risk in the eight cities across the four seasons indicated higher chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung ca...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - January 10, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Estimation of PM2.5 mortality burden in China with new exposure estimation and local concentration-response function.
In this study, PM2.5 observed data from the China National Environmental Monitoring Center, satellite-derived estimation, widely collected geographic and socioeconomic information variables were applied to develop a national satellite-based Land Use Regression model and evaluate PM2.5 exposure concentrations within 2013-2015 with the resolution of 1 km × 1 km. Population weighted concentration declined from 72.52 μg/m3 in 2013 to 57.18 μg/m3 in 2015. C-R function is another important section of health effect assessment, but most previous studies used the Integrated Exposure Regression (IER) function which ma...
Source: Environmental Pollution - November 10, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Li J, Liu H, Lv Z, Zhao R, Deng F, Wang C, Qin A, Yang X Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research
The added effects of heatwaves on cause-specific mortality: A nationwide analysis in 272 Chinese cities.
CONCLUSIONS: This analysis provided ample evidence for the added mortality risk associated with heatwaves, which had important implications for designing heatwave-warning systems and predicting the disease burden of future heatwaves.
PMID: 30347372 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Environment International - October 19, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yin P, Chen R, Wang L, Liu C, Niu Y, Wang W, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Liu J, Qi J, You J, Zhou M, Kan H Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
Underlying causes of PM2.5-induced premature mortality and potential health benefits of air pollution control in South and Southeast Asia from 1999 to 2014.
Abstract
Quantification of spatial and temporal variations in premature mortality attributable to PM2.5 has important implications for air quality control in South and Southeast Asia (SSEA). The number of PM2.5-induced premature deaths during 1999-2014 in SSEA was estimated using an integrated exposure-response model based on 0.01° × 0.01° satellite-retrieved PM2.5 data, population density, and spatially and temporally variable baseline mortality data. The results showed extremely high premature death rates in North India and Bangladesh. PM2.5-induced premature deaths in SSEA increased with small interannua...
Source: Environment International - October 16, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Shi Y, Zhao A, Matsunaga T, Yamaguchi Y, Zang S, Li Z, Yu T, Gu X Tags: Environ Int Source Type: research
The health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: Greenspace exposure is associated with numerous health benefits in intervention and observational studies. These results are indicative of a beneficial influence of greenspace on a wide range of health outcomes. However several meta-analyses results are limited by poor study quality and high levels of heterogeneity. Green prescriptions involving greenspace use may have substantial benefits. Our findings should encourage practitioners and policymakers to give due regard to how they can create, maintain, and improve existing accessible greenspaces in deprived areas. Furthermore the development of strategies and ...
Source: Environmental Research - July 5, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Twohig-Bennett C, Jones A Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 1233: Adherence to European Clinical Practice Guidelines for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Cohort Study
ratala-Munuera
To provide a better understanding of the actions taken within health systems and their results, this study aims to assess clinicians&rsquo; adherence to clinical practice guidelines regarding recommended treatments in patients with cardiovascular disease in primary care settings, and to determine the associated factors. We conducted an ambispective cohort study in 21 primary care centres in 8 Spanish regions. Patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease, stroke and/or peripheral arterial disease were included. Patients who received the treatment recommended in the European guidelines on cardiov...
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - June 11, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Josep Maria Pepi ó Vilaubí Domingo Orozco-Beltr án Alessandra Queiroga Gon çalves Dolors Rodriguez Cumplido Carina Aguilar Martin Adriana Lopez-Pineda Vicente F. Gil-Guillen Jose A. Quesada Concepcion Carratala-Munuera Tags: Article Source Type: research
Ambient air pollution of particles and gas pollutants, and the predicted health risks from long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Zhejiang province, China.
Abstract
In recent years, ambient air has been severely contaminated by particulate matters (PMs) and some gas pollutants (nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2)) in China, and many studies have demonstrated that exposure to these pollutants can induce great adverse impacts on human health. The concentrations of the pollutants were much higher in winter than those in summer, and the average concentrations in this studied area were lower than those in northern China. In the comparison between high-resolution emission inventory and spatial distribution of PM2.5, significant positive linear correlation was f...
Source: Environmental Science and Pollution Research International - June 6, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Chen Y, Zang L, Du W, Xu D, Shen G, Zhang Q, Zou Q, Chen J, Zhao M, Yao D Tags: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Source Type: research
