The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission

X Chen, J Giles, Y Yao, W Yip, Q Meng, L Berkman… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Around the world, populations are ageing at a faster pace than in the
past and this demographic transition will have effects on all aspects of societies. In May …

Pollution and the heart

S Rajagopalan, PJ Landrigan - New England Journal of Medicine, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Pollution and the Heart Environmental pollution is a cardiovascular risk factor. The Global
Burden of Disease study estimated that pollution caused 9 million deaths in 2019, of which …

Long-term exposure to low-level ambient air pollution and incidence of stroke and coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts within the …

K Wolf, B Hoffmann, ZJ Andersen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular
disease, but evidence is unclear on the health effects of exposure to pollutant concentrations …

Nexus between air pollution and NCOV-2019 in China: application of negative binomial regression analysis

W Iqbal, YM Tang, KY Chau, M Irfan… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
On a global scale, the epidemic of the novel coronavirus (NCOV-2019) has become a major
issue that is seriously harming human health and impairing the environment's quality. The …

Overview of particulate air pollution and human health in China: Evidence, challenges, and opportunities

Q Zhang, X Meng, S Shi, L Kan, R Chen, H Kan - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution in China continues to be a major public health
challenge. With the release of the new WHO air quality guidelines in 2021, there is an urgent …

Cardiovascular effects of particulate air pollution

A Bhatnagar - Annual Review of Medicine, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Inhalation of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), produced by the combustion of fossil fuels, is
an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Exposure to PM2. 5 has been linked to …

Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution is a risk factor for trajectory of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: a prospective study in the UK Biobank

H Luo, Q Zhang, K Yu, X Meng, H Kan, R Chen - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Although air pollution has been frequently linked to a range of cardiometabolic
diseases, its association with the onset, progression, and prognosis of cardiometabolic …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-associated cardiovascular morbidity in older adults: a position paper from the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Researches

F Moccia, A Gerbino, V Lionetti, M Miragoli… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects host cells following
binding with the cell surface ACE2 receptors, thereby leading to coronavirus disease 2019 …

Connections between air pollution, climate change, and cardiovascular health

B Alahmad, H Khraishah, K Althalji, W Borchert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, more people die from cardiovascular disease than any other cause. Climate
change, through amplified environmental exposures, will promote and contribute to many …

Ambient air pollution and stroke: an updated review

ER Kulick, JD Kaufman, C Sack - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Despite recent advances in treatment and prevention, stroke remains a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality. There is a critical need to identify novel modifiable risk factors for …