Associations of air pollution with obesity and body fat percentage, and modification by polygenic risk score for BMI in the UK Biobank

MA Furlong, YC Klimentidis - Environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
Air pollution has consistently been associated with cardiometabolic outcomes, although
associations with obesity have only been recently reported. Studies of air pollution and …

Gene–Air pollution interaction and cardiovascular disease: a review

A Zanobetti, A Baccarelli, J Schwartz - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2011 - Elsevier
Genetic susceptibility is likely to play a role in response to air pollution. Hence, gene-
environment interaction studies can be a tool for exploring the mechanisms and the …

Impact of ambient air pollution on obesity: a systematic review

R An, M Ji, H Yan, C Guan - International journal of obesity, 2018 - nature.com
Background/objectives Over 80% of the global populations living in urban areas are
exposed to air quality levels that exceed the World Health Organization limits. Air pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution and risk of overweight and obesity across different life periods: A review

X Shi, Y Zheng, H Cui, Y Zhang, M Jiang - … and environmental safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the highly evolved industrialization and modernization, air quality has deteriorated in
most countries. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is now …

A review of gene-by-air pollution interactions for cardiovascular disease, risk factors, and biomarkers

CK Ward-Caviness - Human genetics, 2019 - Springer
Air pollution is recognized as causal factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is
associated with multiple CVD risk factors. Substantial research effort has been invested in …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of air pollution, obesity and cardiometabolic health in young adults: The Meta-AIR study

JS Kim, Z Chen, TL Alderete, C Toledo-Corral… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective Growing evidence indicates exposure to air pollution contributes to obesity and
cardiometabolic disease risk in children and adults, however studies are lacking in young …

Air pollution as a cause of obesity: micro-level evidence from Chinese cities

Z Yang, Q Song, J Li, Y Zhang - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chinese air pollution is obviously increasing, and the government makes efforts to
strengthen air pollution treatment. Although adverse health effects gradually emerge …

Understanding the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution in the Context of Cumulative Exposomic Impacts

H Khraishah, Z Chen, S Rajagopalan - Circulation Research, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Poor air quality accounts for more than 9 million deaths a year globally according to recent
estimates. A large portion of these deaths are attributable to cardiovascular causes, with …

Long-term exposure to air pollutants enhanced associations of obesity with blood pressure and hypertension

J Hou, J Gu, X Liu, R Tu, X Dong, R Li, Z Mao, W Huo… - Clinical Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Although obesity reflected by BMI can enhance the association of air pollution with increase
blood pressures (BP) and prevalent hypertension in susceptible population, there remains …

Obesity and the relation between joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and incident type 2 diabetes: a cohort study in UK Biobank

X Li, M Wang, Y Song, H Ma, T Zhou, Z Liang… - PLoS Medicine, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Air pollution has been related to incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We
assessed the joint association of various air pollutants with the risk of T2D and examined …