Healthful Plant-Based Dietary Patterns Associated with Reduced Adverse Effects of Air Pollution on COPD: Findings from a Large Cohort Study

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 17; no. 6; p. 1055
• Main Authors: Wang, Tianrun, Zhao, Chenyu, Fang, Xiaoqi, Zhao, Jia, Chao, Wangzhe, Bo, Yacong, Zhou, Liting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.03.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Air quality management; Biobanks; Body mass index; Chronic illnesses; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Development and progression; Diabetes; Diet; Diet, Healthy; Diet, Vegetarian; Ethnicity; Family income; Female; Food; Food habits; Grain; Health care; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen Dioxide - adverse effects; Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis; Nitrogen Oxides - adverse effects; Nitrogen Oxides - analysis; Occupational health and safety; Outdoor air quality; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - analysis; Pollutants; Production management; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - etiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - prevention & control; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Type 2 diabetes; United Kingdom; England; Scotland; United Kingdom > UK; Wales; combined effects; air pollution; cohort study; plant-based diet; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Objectives: The potential of a plant-based diet (PD) to mitigate the adverse effects of long-term air pollution exposure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains uncertain. This study aims to explore both the independent and synergistic impacts of air pollution components and PD on CO...