Background: There is a lack of data on the effect of air pollution on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in industrial and non-industrial areas. Objectives: A comparison of association of air pollution exposure with ACS in two cohorts of industrially different areas. Materials and methods: The study covered 6,000,000 person-years of follow-up and five types of air pollution between 2008 and 2017. A time series regression analysis with 7-lag was used to assess the effects air pollution on ACS.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
9,046
The effect of air pollution on acute coronary syndrome
Department of Invasive Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, The Medical University of Bialystok Clinical Hospital
Bialystok, Poland
Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Katowice, Poland
Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
Time frame: 7 days
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Time frame: 7 days
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