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- Title
Long-Term Ozone Exposure Increases the Risk of Developing the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
- Authors
Ware, Lorraine B.; Zhiguo Zhao; Tatsuki Koyama; May, Addison K.; Matthay, Michael A.; Lurmann, Fred W.; Balmes, John R.; Calfee, Carolyn S.; Zhao, Zhiguo; Koyama, Tatsuki
- Abstract
<bold>Rationale: </bold>The contribution of air pollution to the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is unknown.<bold>Methods: </bold>We studied 1,558 critically ill patients enrolled in a prospective observational study at a tertiary medical center who lived less than 50 km from an air quality monitor and had an ARDS risk factor. Pollutant exposures (ozone, NO2, SO2, particulate matter < 2.5 μm, particulate matter < 10 μm) were assessed by weighted average of daily levels from the closest monitors for the prior 3 years. Associations between pollutant exposure and ARDS risk were evaluated by logistic regression controlling for age, race, sex, smoking, alcohol, insurance status, rural versus urban residence, distance to study hospital, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II.<bold>Measurements and Main Results: </bold>The incidence of ARDS increased with increasing ozone exposure: 28% in the lowest exposure quartile versus 32, 40, and 42% in the second, third, and fourth quartiles (P < 0.001). In a logistic regression model controlling for potential confounders, ozone exposure was associated with risk of ARDS in the entire cohort (odds ratio, 1.58 [95% confidence interval, 1.27-1.96]) and more strongly associated in the subgroup with trauma as their ARDS risk factor (odds ratio, 2.26 [95% confidence interval, 1.46-3.50]). There was a strong interaction between ozone exposure and current smoking status (P = 0.007). NO2 exposure was also associated with ARDS but not independently of ozone exposure. SO2, particulate matter less than 2.5 μm, and particulate matter less than 10 μm were not associated with ARDS.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Long-term ozone exposure is associated with development of ARDS in at-risk critically ill patients, particularly in trauma patients and current smokers. Ozone exposure may represent a previously unrecognized environmental risk factor for ARDS.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AIR pollution; APACHE (Disease classification system); LONGITUDINAL method; OZONE; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome; TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; RELATIVE medical risk; DISEASE incidence; PROPORTIONAL hazards models
- Publication
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, 2016, Vol 193, Issue 10, p1143
- ISSN
1073-449X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1164/rccm.201507-1418OC