Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: A national cross-sectional study in China

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 148; p. 106383
• Main Authors: Zhang, Jing-Shu, Gui, Zhao-Huan, Zou, Zhi-Yong, Yang, Bo-Yi, Ma, Jun, Jing, Jin, Wang, Hai-Jun, Luo, Jia-You, Zhang, Xin, Luo, Chun-Yan, Wang, Hong, Zhao, Hai-Ping, Pan, De-Hong, Bao, Wen-Wen, Guo, Yu-Ming, Ma, Ying-Hua, Dong, Guang-Hui, Chen, Ya-Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; air; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; blood glucose; Child; Children; China; China - epidemiology; chronic exposure; Cities; Cross-Sectional Studies; diabetes; environment; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Humans; Male; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - etiology; nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis; obesity; odds ratio; Particulate Matter - adverse effects; Particulate Matter - analysis; physical activity; public health; satellites; China; Cities; Air pollution; Children; Metabolic syndrome; Adolescents

•Few studies have explored the effects of air pollution on metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children.•We studied 9,897 Chinese children in a national cross-sectional study.•Long-term exposures to PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 were positively associated with MetS.•PM1 and NO2 were related to elevated risk of fast...