Gender-specific differences of interaction between obesity and air pollution on stroke and cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults from a high pollution range area A large population based cross sectional study》.pdfVIP

Science of the Total Environment 529 (2015) 243–248 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Science of the Total Environment journal homepage: /locate/scitote nv Gender-specific differences of interaction between obesity and air pollution on stroke and cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults from a high pollution range area: A large population based cross sectional study Xiao-Di Qin a, Zhengmin Qian b, Michael G. Vaughn c, Edwin Trevathan b, Brett Emo d, Gunther Paul e, Wan-Hui Ren f, Yuan-Tao Hao g, Guang-Hui Dong a,⁎ a Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China b Department of Epidemiology, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA c School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA d Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA e Facuty of Health, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia f Department of Ambient Air Pollution Monitor, Shenyang Environmental Monitoring Center, Shenyang 110004, China g Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, PR China H I G H L I G H T S • Few studies assessed interactions of obesity and air pollution on CVDs in Chinese. • We included a large population of 24,845 Chinese adults from three cities of China. • Obesity enhanc