DIRECT AND INDIRECT CAUSAL EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTANTS ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK AND DISPARITIES
Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vito Di Bona, Julia Kravchenko · 2023
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Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vito Di Bona, and Julia Kravchenko asked how much of air pollution's link to Alzheimer's disease runs through other illnesses, in a 2023 study. Fine particles in the air are tied to higher dementia risk, but the pathways are unclear. High blood pressure, diabetes, stroke disease, and kidney disease each raise Alzheimer's risk, and each is also tied to dirty air. The team sorted the direct effect from the effects passed through those illnesses.
They drew on Medicare claims for six million people across three decades, matched with particle levels by zip code. The dose-response link looked straight: more particles, more risk. Effects ran stronger in men, in white patients, and in the stroke-belt states. Passed-through effects mattered most in the younger old, peaking through stroke disease at about thirteen percent of the total. The authors say the splits expose health disparities.
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| CREATOR | Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Vito Di Bona, Julia Kravchenko |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |