Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome

Air pollution, mostly from fossil fuel sources, is the leading environmental cause of global morbidity and mortality and is intricately linked to climate change. There is emerging evidence indicating that air pollution imposes most of its risk through proximate cardiovascular kidney and metabolic (C...

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Main Authors: Haitham Khraishah, Sanjay Rajagopalan
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Language:English
Published: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center 2024-11-01
Series:Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
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Online Access:https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1487
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description Air pollution, mostly from fossil fuel sources, is the leading environmental cause of global morbidity and mortality and is intricately linked to climate change. There is emerging evidence indicating that air pollution imposes most of its risk through proximate cardiovascular kidney and metabolic (CKM) etiologies. Indeed, there is compelling evidence linking air pollution to the genesis of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and other risk factors. Air pollution frequently coexists with factors such as noise, with levels and risks influenced substantially by additional factors such as social determinants and natural and built environment features. Persistent disparities regarding the impact and new sources of air pollution, such as wildfires attributable to climate change, have renewed the urgency to better understand root sources, characterize their health effects, and disseminate this information for personal protection and policy impacts. In this review, we summarize evidence associating air pollution with cardiovascular health, the impact of air pollution on CKM health, and how interactions with other exposures and personal characteristics may modify these associations. Finally, we discuss new integrated approaches to capture risk from air pollution in the context of an exposomic framework.
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spelling doaj-art-60022b1193bb480f93027aae44eefc372025-08-20T02:33:23ZengHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular CenterMethodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal1947-61082024-11-01205475810.14797/mdcvj.14871465Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic SyndromeHaitham Khraishah0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0003-5089Sanjay Rajagopalan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-8163University Hospitals, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioUniversity Hospitals, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioAir pollution, mostly from fossil fuel sources, is the leading environmental cause of global morbidity and mortality and is intricately linked to climate change. There is emerging evidence indicating that air pollution imposes most of its risk through proximate cardiovascular kidney and metabolic (CKM) etiologies. Indeed, there is compelling evidence linking air pollution to the genesis of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and other risk factors. Air pollution frequently coexists with factors such as noise, with levels and risks influenced substantially by additional factors such as social determinants and natural and built environment features. Persistent disparities regarding the impact and new sources of air pollution, such as wildfires attributable to climate change, have renewed the urgency to better understand root sources, characterize their health effects, and disseminate this information for personal protection and policy impacts. In this review, we summarize evidence associating air pollution with cardiovascular health, the impact of air pollution on CKM health, and how interactions with other exposures and personal characteristics may modify these associations. Finally, we discuss new integrated approaches to capture risk from air pollution in the context of an exposomic framework.https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1487air pollutionenvironmentcardiovascularkidneymetabolic
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Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
air pollution
environment
cardiovascular
kidney
metabolic
title Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
title_full Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
title_fullStr Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
title_short Inhaling Poor Health: The Impact of Air Pollution on Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Syndrome
title_sort inhaling poor health the impact of air pollution on cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome
topic air pollution
environment
cardiovascular
kidney
metabolic
url https://account.journal.houstonmethodist.org/index.php/up-j-mdbcj/article/view/1487
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