Short-term Ozone Exposure on Stroke Mortality and Mitigation by Greenness in Rural and Urban Areas of Shandong Province, China

Overview

Journal BMC Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Public Health

Date 2024 Oct 25

PMID 39449115

Authors

Ke Zhao

Fenfen He

Bingyin Zhang

Chengrong Liu

Yang Hu

Yilin Dong

Peiyao Zhang

Chao Liu

Jing Wei

Zilong Lu

Xiaolei Guo

Qing Huang

Xianjie Jia

Jing Mi

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Abstract

Background: Short-term exposure to ozone (O) has been associated with higher stroke mortality, but it is unclear whether this association differs between urban and rural areas. The study aimed to compare the association between short-term exposure to O and ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke mortality across rural and urban areas and further investigate the potential impacts of modifiers, such as greenness, on this association.

Methods: A multi-county time-series analysis was carried out in 19 counties of Shandong Province from 2013 to 2019. First, we employed generalized additive models (GAMs) to assess the effects of O on stroke mortality in each county. We performed random-effects meta-analyses to pool estimates to counties and compare differences in rural and urban areas. Furthermore, a meta-regression model was utilized to assess the moderating effects of county-level features.

Results: Short-term O exposure was found to be associated with increased mortality for both stroke subtypes. For each 10-µg/m (lag0-3) rise in O, ischaemic stroke mortality rose by 1.472% in rural areas and 1.279% in urban areas. For each 0.1-unit increase in the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) per county, the ischaemic stroke mortality caused by a 10-µg/m rise in O decreased by 0.60% overall and 1.50% in urban areas.

Conclusions: Our findings add to the evidence that short-term O exposure increases ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke mortality and has adverse effects in urban and rural areas. However, improving greenness levels may contribute to mitigating the detrimental effects of O on ischaemic stroke mortality.

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