Ambient ozone concentrations and the risk of perforated and nonperforated appendicitis : A multicity case-crossover study
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Kaplan, Gilaad G., Tanyingoh, Divine, Dixon, Elijah, Johnson, Markey, Wheeler, Amanda J., Myers, Robert P., Bertazzon, Stefania, Saini, Vineet, Madsen, Karen, Ghosh, Subrata and Villeneuve, Paul J.. (2013). Ambient ozone concentrations and the risk of perforated and nonperforated appendicitis : A multicity case-crossover study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(8), pp. 939-943. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206085
Authors | Kaplan, Gilaad G., Tanyingoh, Divine, Dixon, Elijah, Johnson, Markey, Wheeler, Amanda J., Myers, Robert P., Bertazzon, Stefania, Saini, Vineet, Madsen, Karen, Ghosh, Subrata and Villeneuve, Paul J. |
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Abstract | Background: Environmental determinants of appendicitis are poorly understood. Past work suggests that air pollution may increase the risk of appendicitis. Objectives: We investigated whether ambient ground-level ozone (O3) concentrations were associated with appendicitis and whether these associations varied between perforated and nonperforated appendicitis. Methods: We based this time-stratified case-crossover study on 35,811 patients hospitalized with appendicitis from 2004 to 2008 in 12 Canadian cities. Data from a national network of fixed-site monitors were used to calculate daily maximum O3 concentrations for each city. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate city-specific odds ratios (ORs) relative to an interquartile range (IQR) increase in O3 adjusted for temperature and relative humidity. A random-effects meta-analysis was used to derive a pooled risk estimate. Stratified analyses were used to estimate associations separately for perforated and nonperforated appendicitis. Results: Overall, a 16-ppb increase in the 7-day cumulative average daily maximum O3 concentration was associated with all appendicitis cases across the 12 cities (pooled OR = 1.07; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.13). The association was stronger among patients presenting with perforated appendicitis for the 7-day average (pooled OR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.09, 1.36) when compared with the corresponding estimate for nonperforated appendicitis [7-day average (pooled OR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.09)]. Heterogeneity was not statistically significant across cities for either perforated or nonperforated appendicitis (p > 0.20). Conclusions: Higher levels of ambient O3 exposure may increase the risk of perforated appendicitis. |
Keywords | air pollution; appendicitis; environmental health; risk factors |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | Environmental Health Perspectives |
Journal citation | 121 (8), pp. 939-943 |
Publisher | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
ISSN | 0091-6765 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206085 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84880984222 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 939-943 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 31 Mar 2021 |
Supplemental file | File Access Level Open |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v96x/ambient-ozone-concentrations-and-the-risk-of-perforated-and-nonperforated-appendicitis-a-multicity-case-crossover-study
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