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Title: The associations of air pollution, traffic noise and green space with overweight throughout childhood: The PIAMA birth cohort study: The PIAMA birth cohort study
Authors: Lizan D. Bloemsma, Alet H. Wijga, Jochem O. Klompmaker, Nicole A.H. Janssen, Henriëtte A. Smit, Gerard H. Koppelman, Bert Brunekreef, Erik Lebret, Gerard Hoek, Ulrike Gehring
Contributors: Public Health Epidemiologie, UMC Utrecht, Circulatory Health, Child Health, JC onderzoeksprogramma Cardiovascular Health, JC onderzoeksprogramma Infectious Diseases, Epi Infectieziekten Team 3, Public Health Practice, RIVM Publications Repository, Open Repository DS7.6 Demo
Source: Environmental Research. 169:348-356
Publisher Information: Elsevier BV, 2019.
Publication Year: 2019
Subject Terms: Traffic-Related Pollution, Air pollution, Transportation, CHILDREN, Overweight/epidemiology, Biochemistry, 01 natural sciences, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data, MARKERS, USE REGRESSION-MODELS, Pregnancy, Air Pollution, 11. Sustainability, Journal Article, Humans, EXPOSURE, Child, General Environmental Science, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Green space, Air Pollutants, Air, Traffic noise, Environmental Exposure, Overweight, Childhood, PREVENTION, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, 3. Good health, Air Pollution/statistics & numerical data, BODY-MASS INDEX, Noise, Transportation, 13. Climate action, OBESITY, ASTHMA, Female, WEIGHT, Noise, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE
Description: Air pollution, traffic noise and absence of green space may contribute to the development of overweight in children.To investigate the combined associations of air pollution, traffic noise and green space with overweight throughout childhood.We used data for 3680 participants of the Dutch PIAMA birth cohort. We estimated exposure to air pollution, traffic noise and green space (i.e. the average Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and percentages of green space in circular buffers of 300 m and 3000 m) at the children's home addresses at the time of parental reported weight and height measurements. Associations of these exposures with overweight from age 3 to 17 years were analyzed by generalized linear mixed models, adjusting for potential confounders. Odds ratios (OR's) are presented for an interquartile range increase in exposure.odds of being overweight increased with increasing exposure to NO2 (adjusted OR 1.40 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12-1.74] per 8.90 µg/m3) and tended to decrease with increasing exposure to green space in a 3000 m buffer (adjusted OR 0.86 [95% CI 0.71-1.04] per 0.13 increase in the NDVI; adjusted OR 0.86 [95% CI 0.71-1.03] per 29.5% increase in the total percentage of green space). After adjustment for NO2, the associations with green space in a 3000 m buffer weakened. No associations of traffic noise with overweight throughout childhood were found. In children living in an urban area, living further away from a park was associated with a lower odds of being overweight (adjusted OR 0.67 [95% CI 0.52-0.85] per 359.6 m).Exposure to traffic-related air pollution, but not traffic noise or green space, may contribute to childhood overweight. Future studies examining the associations of green space with childhood overweight should account for air pollution exposure.
Document Type: Article
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Language: English
ISSN: 0013-9351
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.026
Access URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30504077
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http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ER....169..348B/abstract
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30504077/
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Abstract:Air pollution, traffic noise and absence of green space may contribute to the development of overweight in children.To investigate the combined associations of air pollution, traffic noise and green space with overweight throughout childhood.We used data for 3680 participants of the Dutch PIAMA birth cohort. We estimated exposure to air pollution, traffic noise and green space (i.e. the average Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and percentages of green space in circular buffers of 300 m and 3000 m) at the children's home addresses at the time of parental reported weight and height measurements. Associations of these exposures with overweight from age 3 to 17 years were analyzed by generalized linear mixed models, adjusting for potential confounders. Odds ratios (OR's) are presented for an interquartile range increase in exposure.odds of being overweight increased with increasing exposure to NO2 (adjusted OR 1.40 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.12-1.74] per 8.90 µg/m3) and tended to decrease with increasing exposure to green space in a 3000 m buffer (adjusted OR 0.86 [95% CI 0.71-1.04] per 0.13 increase in the NDVI; adjusted OR 0.86 [95% CI 0.71-1.03] per 29.5% increase in the total percentage of green space). After adjustment for NO2, the associations with green space in a 3000 m buffer weakened. No associations of traffic noise with overweight throughout childhood were found. In children living in an urban area, living further away from a park was associated with a lower odds of being overweight (adjusted OR 0.67 [95% CI 0.52-0.85] per 359.6 m).Exposure to traffic-related air pollution, but not traffic noise or green space, may contribute to childhood overweight. Future studies examining the associations of green space with childhood overweight should account for air pollution exposure.
ISSN:00139351
DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2018.11.026