Table 6.

Air Pollution and Stroke Mortality

Author	Study	N	Air Pollutants	Summary
Chen et al., 2013 [68]	Acute effect of ambient air pollution on stroke mortality in the China air pollution and health effects study	~45 million	PM10, SO2 and NO2	PM10, SO2 and NO2 increase the risk of stroke mortality
Liu et al., 2016 [69]	Estimating adult mortality attributable to PM2.5 exposure in China with assimilated PM2.5 concentrations based on a ground monitoring network	*	PM2.5	Increases in premature mortalities and stroke
Lin et al., 2016 [70]	Differentiating the effects of characteristics of PM pollution on mortality from ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes	5.5 million	organic carbon, elemental carbon, sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium	Increase in stroke mortality
Desikan et al., 2016 [71]	Effect of Exhaust- and Nonexhaust-Related Components of Particulate Matter on Long-Term Survival After Stroke	357,308	PM2.5	increase mortality risk up to 5 years post stroke
Wilker et al., 2013 [72]	Residential proximity to high-traffic roadways and post stroke mortality	1,683	Roadway proximity	Highway proximity increases mortality rate among stroke survivors
Dai et al., 2014 [73]	Associations of fine particulate matter species with mortality in the United States: a multicity time-series analysis	4,473,519	PM2.5	Increased risk of stroke and all-cause mortality
Qian et al., 2013	Epidemiological evidence on association between ambient air pollution and stroke mortality	13.8 million	PM10, SO2 and NO2	Transient increases in air pollution associated with total, ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes