Liao, Minqi and Zhang, Siqi and Wolf, Kathrin and Bolte, Gabriele and Laxy, Michael and Schwettmann, Lars and Peters, Annette and Schneider, Alexandra and Kraus, Ute (2025) Long-term associations between ambient air pollution and self-perceived health status: results from the population-based KORA-Fit study. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 264. 114513, 1-12. ISSN 1438-4639 - 1618-131X

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about the association between air pollution and self-perceived health (including both health-related quality of life [HRQoL] and self-rated health [SRH]). The aim of this study was therefore to explore whether long-term air pollution exposure is associated with worse self-perceived health, as measured by different tools. Methods: We used a land-use regression model to determine the annual average levels of particulate matter with a diameter <10 μm (PM10), coarse particles (PMcoarse), fine particles (PM2.5), fine particle absorbances (PM2.5abs), particle number concentration (PNC), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and nitrogen oxide (NOX) for geocoded residential addresses (2014–2015). Questionnaires and face-to-face interviews were used to collect HRQoL (measured using the European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions [EQ-5D] index and the European Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale [EQ-VAS]) and SRH indicators (measured through two survey questions) (2018–2019) from participants of the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA)-Fit study in Germany. We explored associations via generalized additive models, multinomial logistic regression, and logistic regression. Results: We included 2610 participants with a mean age of 64.0 years in this cross-sectional study, of which 1428 (54.7%) were female. Each interquartile range (IQR) increase in O3 was associated with a reduced EQ-5D index value (% change of mean points and 95% confidence interval: -0.91% [-1.76; -0.06]). The average EQ-VAS score declined between -1.57% and -0.96% with each IQR increase in PM10, PMcoarse, PM2.5abs, PNC, NO2, and NOX. These pollutants were associated with increased occurrence of poor SRH, with odds ratios ranging from 1.24 to 2.67. PM2.5abs was linked to a higher likelihood of reporting a worse comparative SRH (2.59 [1.12; 5.99]). Body mass index and self-perceived stress modified these associations. Conclusions: Long-term air pollution exposure was associated with poor self-perceived health, presenting as lower HRQoL and higher odds of poor SRH. Single-item indicators measuring self-perceived health status may work better than multi-dimensional indicators.

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Ambient air pollution Health-related quality of life Self-perceived health EQ-VAS Self-rated health

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Technology, medicine, applied sciences > Medicine and health
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Department of Public Health and Medical Education
Date Deposited:	08 Jan 2025 11:11
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2025 11:11
URI:	https://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/id/eprint/7032
URN:	urn:nbn:de:gbv:715-oops-71132
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114513
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