Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults: Results from the NSHAP Study

Conclusion: PM2.5 was associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms, with associations the strongest among individuals with lower SES or among those with certain health-related characteristics. Citation: Pun VC, Manjourides J, Suh H. 2017. Association of ambient air pollution with depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults: results from the NSHAP study. Environ Health Perspect 125:342–348; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP494 Address correspondence to H. Suh, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02153 USA. Telephone: (617) 627-2941. Email: Helen.Suh@tufts.edu We acknowledge M.-A. Kioumourtzoglou from Harvard University for her advice on regression modeling, and J. Yanosky from Pennsylvania State University for providing daily PM2.5 grid data. This work was supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grant 1R01ES022657-01A1), with health and other covariate data obtained through NIH grants R01-AG021487, R37-AG030481, R01-AG033903, and R01-ES019168. The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests. Received: 7 December 2015 Revised: 1 June 2016 Accepted: 19 July 2016 Published: 12 August 2016 Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due...
Source: EHP Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Tags: Research Articles March 2017 Source Type: research