Population‐Based Study of Traffic‐Related Air Pollution and Obesity in Mexican Americans

• DOI: 10.1002/oby.22697
• Publication Date: 2019-12-04T05:01:52Z
• Authors: Xueying Zhang; Hua Zhao; Wong‐Ho Chow; Moira Bixby; Casey Durand; Christine Markham; Kai Zhang
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Traffic-Related Pollution; 01 natural sciences; Cohort Studies; Young Adult; Air Pollution; Mexican Americans; 11. Sustainability; Prevalence; Humans; Obesity; Aged; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences; Aged, 80 and over; 2. Zero hunger; Air Pollutants; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Cross-Sectional Studies; 13. Climate action; Geographic Information Systems; Female; Particulate Matter

The purpose of this study was to assess the cross-sectional association between residential exposure traffic-related air pollution and obesity in Mexican American adults.A total 7,826 self-reported Americans aged 20 60 years old were selected from baseline survey MD Anderson Mano-a-Mano Cohort. Concentrations particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 μm modeled at geocoded addresses using a dispersion models. proximity nearest major road calculated Geographic Information System. Linear logistic regression models used estimate adjusted associations obesity, defined as BMI ≥ 30.More than half (53.6%) participants had 30, higher prevalence women (55.0%) men (48.8%). Overall exposures associated lower but women. By stratifying for those who lived 0- 1,500-m buffer, one-interquartile-range (685.1 m) increase distance significant 0.58-kg/m2 (95% CI: -0.92 -0.24) women.Exposure intensive traffic is increased risk