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Editor, Senior Moderator
Environ Pollut
. 2022 May 14;119469.
doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119469. Online ahead of print.
The association of airborne particulate matter and benzo[a]pyrene with the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients hospitalized in Poland
Piotr Rzymski[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Poniedziałek[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joanna Rosińska[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Magdalena Rogalska[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Marta Rorat[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Beata Lorenc[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Dorota Kozielewicz[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Anna Piekarska[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Katarzyna Sikorska[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Anna Dworzańska[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Beata Bolewska[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Grzegorz Angielski[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Justyna Kowalska[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Regina Podlasin[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Barbara Oczko-Grzesik[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Włodzimierz Mazur[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Aleksandra Szymczak[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Robert Flisiak[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Air pollution can adversely affect the immune response and increase the severity of the viral disease. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between symptomatology, clinical course, and inflammation markers of adult patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalized in Poland (n = 4432) and air pollution levels, i.e., mean 24 h and max 24 h level of benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) and particulate matter <10 μm (PM[SUB]10[/SUB]) and <2.5 μm (PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB]) during a week before their hospitalization. Exposures to PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB] and B(a)P exceeding the limits were associated with higher odds of early respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 and hyperinflammatory state: interleukin-6 > 100 pg/mL, procalcitonin >0.25 ng/mL, and white blood cells count >11 × 10[SUP]3[/SUP]/mL. Except for the mean 24 h PM[SUB]10[/SUB] level, the exceedance of other air pollution parameters was associated with increased odds for oxygen saturation <90%. Exposure to elevated PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB] and B(a)P levels increased the odds of oxygen therapy and death. This study evidences that worse air quality is related to increased severity of COVID-19 and worse outcome in hospitalized patients. Mitigating air pollution shall be an integral part of measures undertaken to decrease the disease burden during a pandemic of viral respiratory illness.
Keywords: Epidemiology; Inflammation markers; Particulate matter; Severe COVID-19; benzo(a)pyrene.
. 2022 May 14;119469.
doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119469. Online ahead of print.
The association of airborne particulate matter and benzo[a]pyrene with the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients hospitalized in Poland
Piotr Rzymski[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Poniedziałek[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joanna Rosińska[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Magdalena Rogalska[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Marta Rorat[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Beata Lorenc[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Dorota Kozielewicz[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Anna Piekarska[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Katarzyna Sikorska[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Anna Dworzańska[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Beata Bolewska[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Grzegorz Angielski[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Justyna Kowalska[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Regina Podlasin[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Barbara Oczko-Grzesik[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Włodzimierz Mazur[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Aleksandra Szymczak[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Robert Flisiak[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35580710
- PMCID: PMC9106990
- DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119469
Abstract
Air pollution can adversely affect the immune response and increase the severity of the viral disease. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between symptomatology, clinical course, and inflammation markers of adult patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalized in Poland (n = 4432) and air pollution levels, i.e., mean 24 h and max 24 h level of benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) and particulate matter <10 μm (PM[SUB]10[/SUB]) and <2.5 μm (PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB]) during a week before their hospitalization. Exposures to PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB] and B(a)P exceeding the limits were associated with higher odds of early respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 and hyperinflammatory state: interleukin-6 > 100 pg/mL, procalcitonin >0.25 ng/mL, and white blood cells count >11 × 10[SUP]3[/SUP]/mL. Except for the mean 24 h PM[SUB]10[/SUB] level, the exceedance of other air pollution parameters was associated with increased odds for oxygen saturation <90%. Exposure to elevated PM[SUB]2.5[/SUB] and B(a)P levels increased the odds of oxygen therapy and death. This study evidences that worse air quality is related to increased severity of COVID-19 and worse outcome in hospitalized patients. Mitigating air pollution shall be an integral part of measures undertaken to decrease the disease burden during a pandemic of viral respiratory illness.
Keywords: Epidemiology; Inflammation markers; Particulate matter; Severe COVID-19; benzo(a)pyrene.