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Article: Does regular exercise protect against air pollution-associated mortality?

TitleDoes regular exercise protect against air pollution-associated mortality?
Authors
KeywordsAir pollution
Exercise
Hong Kong
Mortality
Issue Date2007
PublisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ypmed
Citation
Preventive Medicine, 2007, v. 44 n. 5, p. 386-392 How to Cite?
AbstractObjectives.: To examine whether habitual exercise would modify the effects of air pollution on mortality. Methods.: This study included 24,053 Hong Kong Chinese who died at the age of 30 years or older in 1998. Individual information on frequency of exercise was obtained by interviewing their relatives at all four death registries. The deceased subjects were categorized as never-exercise (< once/month) and exercise (≥ once/month). Excess risks (ER) of mortality per 10 μg/m3 increase of air pollutant were estimated separately by a Poisson regression model in the exercise and never-exercise groups. An interaction model was used to estimate the difference in ER between the two groups. Results.: In people aged 65 years or older and categorized as never-exercise group, there were significant ER of mortality for all natural causes attributed to nitrogen dioxide (p < 0.05), ozone (p < 0.05) and particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or smaller (p < 0.01). When compared to the exercise group, the ER were significantly higher by 4.31% (95% confidence interval: 2.57%, 6.03%), 1.75% (0.25%, 3.23%), and 3.06% (1.74%, 4.37%), respectively. The estimates were insensitive to adjustment for socioeconomic, smoking and health status, and were non-linear by different exercise levels. Conclusions.: The results of this study provide evidence that habitual exercise may prevent premature death attributable to air pollution. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86694
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.690
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dc.contributor.authorWong, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorOu, CQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorThach, TQen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChau, YKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, SYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChung, RYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHedley, AJen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:20:11Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:20:11Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPreventive Medicine, 2007, v. 44 n. 5, p. 386-392en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0091-7435en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86694-
dc.description.abstractObjectives.: To examine whether habitual exercise would modify the effects of air pollution on mortality. Methods.: This study included 24,053 Hong Kong Chinese who died at the age of 30 years or older in 1998. Individual information on frequency of exercise was obtained by interviewing their relatives at all four death registries. The deceased subjects were categorized as never-exercise (< once/month) and exercise (≥ once/month). Excess risks (ER) of mortality per 10 μg/m3 increase of air pollutant were estimated separately by a Poisson regression model in the exercise and never-exercise groups. An interaction model was used to estimate the difference in ER between the two groups. Results.: In people aged 65 years or older and categorized as never-exercise group, there were significant ER of mortality for all natural causes attributed to nitrogen dioxide (p < 0.05), ozone (p < 0.05) and particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 μm or smaller (p < 0.01). When compared to the exercise group, the ER were significantly higher by 4.31% (95% confidence interval: 2.57%, 6.03%), 1.75% (0.25%, 3.23%), and 3.06% (1.74%, 4.37%), respectively. The estimates were insensitive to adjustment for socioeconomic, smoking and health status, and were non-linear by different exercise levels. Conclusions.: The results of this study provide evidence that habitual exercise may prevent premature death attributable to air pollution. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAcademic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ypmeden_HK
dc.relation.ispartofPreventive Medicineen_HK
dc.subjectAir pollution-
dc.subjectExercise-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.subjectMortality-
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAgeden_HK
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_HK
dc.subject.meshAir Pollutantsen_HK
dc.subject.meshDeathen_HK
dc.subject.meshExerciseen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kongen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_HK
dc.titleDoes regular exercise protect against air pollution-associated mortality?en_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailWong, CM:hrmrwcm@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailThach, TQ:thach@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailHo, SY:syho@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailHedley, AJ:hrmrajh@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.12.012en_HK
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