Today’s review article examines the impact of traffic on older people over periods from days to weeks and concludes there is a significant cardiovascular risk – particularly important for countries whose populations of elderly will be doubling over the next 20 years, along with a trend toward more traffic in urban areas.
Key Quotes:
“There is strong epidemiologic evidence that short-term air pollution exposure (i.e. < 24 hours to 3 weeks) is related to mortality and other cardiovascular events”
“Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) contributes to increased cardiovascular risk”
“Our results suggest that medium-term exposure to traffic-related air-pollution may induce an increased inflammatory/endothelial response, especially among diabetics and those not using statins”
“Our analyses suggest that diabetics are more susceptible to adverse effects of traffic-related air pollution than non-diabetics, but we found no evidence of effect modification by obesity”
“the elderly represent a particularly susceptible population, and the growth in the number and proportion of older adults in the United States is unprecedented: By 2030, the proportion of the U.S. population aged 65 and older will double to about 71 million older adults, or one in every five Americans”
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