Short-term exposure to ozone and cause-specific mortality risks and thresholds in China: Evidence from nationally representative data, 2013-2018

作者：Chen Chen, Tiantian Li, Qinghua Sun, Wanying Shi, Mike Z. He, Jiaonan Wang, Jing Liu, Mengxue Zhang, Qizheng Jiang, Menghan Wang, Xiaoming Shi · 发表于：Environment International · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1016/j.envint.2022.107666 · 被引用次数：86 · 研究领域：Air Quality and Health Impacts、Climate Change and Health Impacts、COVID-19 impact on air quality

Ambient ozone pollution is steadily increasing and becoming a major environmental risk factor contributing to the global disease burden. Although the association between short-term ozone exposure and mortality has been widely studied, results are mostly reported on deaths from non-accidental or total cardiopulmonary disease rather than a spectrum of causes. In particular, a knowledge gap still exists for the potential thresholds in mortality risks. This nationwide time-series study in China included 323 counties totaling 230,266,168 residents. Daily maximum 8-hour average was calculated as the ozone exposure metric. A two-stage statistical approach was adopted to assess ozone effects on 21 cause-specific deaths for 2013–2018. The subset approach and threshold approach were utilized to explore potential thresholds, and stratification analysis was used to evaluate population susceptibility. On average, the annual mean ozone concentration was 93.4 μg/m3 across 323 counties. A 10-μg/m3 increase in lag 0–1 day of ozone was associated with increases of 0.12 % in mortality risk from non-accidental disease, 0.11 % from circulatory disease, 0.09 % from respiratory disease, 0.29 % from urinary system disease, and 0.20 % from nervous system disease. There may be a “safe” threshold in the ozone-mortality association, which may be between 60 and 100 μg/m3, and vary by cause of death. Women and older adults (especially those over 75) are more affected by short-term ozone exposure. Populati...