Long-term exposure of fine particulate matter air pollution and incident atrial fibrillation in the general population: A nationwide cohort study

• Published in: International journal of cardiology Vol. 283; pp. 178 - 183
• Main Authors: Kim, In-Soo, Yang, Pil-Sung, Lee, Jinae, Yu, Hee Tae, Kim, Tae-Hoon, Uhm, Jae-Sun, Pak, Hui-Nam, Lee, Moon-Hyoung, Joung, Boyoung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.05.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; Atrial Fibrillation - etiology; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; General population; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Registries; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Young Adult; Republic of Korea; Air pollution; General population; Particulate matter; Atrial fibrillation; Incidence

Although many studies have linked elevations in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution to adverse cardiovascular outcomes, long-term exposures of PM2.5 on air pollution-related incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in general population have not yet been investigated well. We included 432,587 sub...