Changes in air pollution exposure after residential relocation and body mass index in children and adolescents: A natural experiment study
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- dc.contributor.author Warkentin, Sarah
- dc.contributor.author Bont, Jeroen de
- dc.contributor.author Abellan, Alicia
- dc.contributor.author Pistillo, Andrea
- dc.contributor.author Saucy, Apolline
- dc.contributor.author Cirach, Marta
- dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
- dc.contributor.author Khalid, Sara
- dc.contributor.author Basagaña Flores, Xavier
- dc.contributor.author Duarte Salles, Talita, 1985-
- dc.contributor.author Vrijheid, Martine
- dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-10T07:04:43Z
- dc.date.available 2023-11-10T07:04:43Z
- dc.date.issued 2023
- dc.description.abstract Air pollution exposure may affect child weight gain, but observational studies provide inconsistent evidence. Residential relocation can be leveraged as a natural experiment by studying changes in health outcomes after a sudden change in exposure within an individual. We aimed to evaluate whether changes in air pollution exposure due to residential relocation are associated with changes in body mass index (BMI) in children and adolescents in a natural experiment study. This population-based study included children and adolescents, between 2 and 17 years, who moved during 2011-2018 and were registered in the primary healthcare in Catalonia, Spain (N = 46,644). Outdoor air pollutants (nitrogen dioxides (NO2), particulate matter <10 μm (PM10) and <2.5 μm (PM2.5)) were estimated at residential census tract level before and after relocation; tertile cut-offs were used to define changes in exposure. Routinely measured weight and height were used to calculate age-sex-specific BMI z-scores. A minimum of 180 days after moving was considered to observe zBMI changes according to changes in exposure using linear fixed effects regression. The majority of participants (60-67% depending on the pollutant) moved to areas with similar levels of air pollution, 15-49% to less polluted, and 14-31% to more polluted areas. Moving to areas with more air pollution was associated with zBMI increases for all air pollutants (β NO2 = 0.10(95%CI 0.09; 0.12), β PM2.5 0.06(0.04; 0.07), β PM10 0.08(0.06; 0.10)). Moving to similar air pollution areas was associated with decreases in zBMI for all pollutants. No associations were found for those moving to less polluted areas. Associations with moving to more polluted areas were stronger in preschool- and primary school-ages. Associations did not differ by area deprivation strata. This large, natural experiment study suggests that increases in outdoor air pollution may be associated with child weight gain, supporting ongoing efforts to lower air pollution levels.
- dc.description.sponsorship We acknowledge support from the grant CEX2018-000806-S funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. We would like to thank all healthcare professionals of Catalonia who daily register information in the populations' electronic health records.
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- dc.identifier.citation Warkentin S, Bont J de, Abellan A, Pistillo A, Saucy A, Cirach M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Khalid S, Basagaña X, Duarte-Salles T, Vrijheid M. Changes in air pollution exposure after residential relocation and body mass index in children and adolescents: A natural experiment study. Environ Pollut. 2023 Oct 1;334:122217. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122217
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122217
- dc.identifier.issn 0269-7491
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58252
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Environ Pollut. 2023 Oct 1;334:122217
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2018-000806-S
- dc.rights © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Air pollution
- dc.subject.keyword Body mass index
- dc.subject.keyword Child health
- dc.subject.keyword Electronic medical records
- dc.subject.keyword Natural experiments
- dc.subject.keyword Residential mobility
- dc.title Changes in air pollution exposure after residential relocation and body mass index in children and adolescents: A natural experiment study
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