Table 2.
Study population: environmental exposures at residential address, 11 cohorts.
| Exposure | FINRISK | SNAC-K | SALT | 60y | SDPP | DCH | HNR | KORA | EPIC- Turin | SIDRIA- Turin | SIDRIA- Rome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental exposures at residential address | |||||||||||
| PM2.5 (μg/m3) | 8 (6–9) | 8 (6–10) | 7 (5–9) | 7 (5–9) | 7 (5–8) | 11 (10–13) | 18 (17–20) | 14 (12–15) | 30 (27–33) | 31 (29–34) | 19 (17–23) |
| Coarse PM (μg/m3) | 7 (4–11) | 8 (1–19) | 7 (2–12) | 7 (1–12) | 6 (1–9) | 6 (4–7) | 10 (7–12) | 6 (5–8) | 16 (12–20) | 17 (13–20) | 17 (12–24) |
| PM10 (μg/m3) | 14 (10–20) | 16 (6–29) | 15 (7–21) | 15 (7–21) | 14 (6–17) | 17 (14–20) | 28 (25–32) | 20 (16–24) | 46 (39–52) | 48 (41–54) | 36 (31–47) |
| PM2.5 absorbance (10–5/m) | 0.9 (0.5–1.2) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) | 1.2 (0.8–1.5) | 1.6 (1.2–2.2) | 1.7 (1.5–2.0) | 3.1 (2.3–3.6) | 3.2 (2.6–3.8) | 2.7 (2.2–4.0) |
| NO2 (μg/m3) | 15 (9–24) | 17 (9–25) | 11 (7–20) | 11 (6–20) | 8 (6–11) | 16 (8–30) | 30 (23–39) | 19 (14–26) | 53 (34–68) | 60 (42–77) | 39 (26–56) |
| NOx (μg/m3) | 24 (14–41) | 33 (15–58) | 19 (12–40) | 19 (12–39) | 14 (12–20) | 27 (7–66) | 51 (33–72) | 32 (24–47) | 96 (62–132) | 107 (79–162) | 82 (39–122) |
| Background NO2 (μg/m3) | 15 (10–19) | 16 (12–19) | 11 (6–17) | 10 (5–17) | 7 (4–10) | 14 (8–20) | 26 (24–30) | 18 (14–24) | 39 (27–45) | 40 (33–45) | 41 (29–53) |
| Daily no. of vehicles on the nearest road | 1,670 (50–9,011) | 3,726 (500–21,828) | 1,454 (500–6,000) | 1,455 (500–6,300) | 864 (500–2,575) | 2,994 (200–16,145) | — | 1,613 (500–8,367) | 3,907 (0–23,951) | 4,290 (0–24,379) | 2,966 (500–15,312) |
| Total traffic load (intensity*length) on major roads in a 100-m buffer (thousands) | 633 (0–3,711) | 2,307 (0–6,572) | 578 (0–3,437) | 521 (0–3,048) | 109 (0–986) | 1,274 (51–4,719) | 1,017 (0–4,302) | 438 (0–2,790) | 466 (0–2,340) | 804 (0–4,197) | 1,417 (0–6,947) |
| Pearson correlation between PM2.5 and | |||||||||||
| PM10 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.74 | 0.90 | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.92 |
| Coarse PM | 0.10 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 0.32 | 0.90 |
| PM2.5 absorbance | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.90 | 0.49 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.73 | 0.78 |
| NO2 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| Abbreviations: EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; DCH, Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort study; FINRISK, Finland Cardiovascular Risk Study; HNR, Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study; KORA, Cooperative Health Research in the Augsburg Region; SALT, Screening Across the Lifespan Twin study; SDPP, Stockholm Diabetes Prevention Program study; SIDRIA, International Study on Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; SNAC-K, Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen; 60y, 60-year-olds study. Data are expressed as means (5th–95th percentile ranges) or as Pearson correlation coefficients. | |||||||||||