Authors
David Ruttens, Stijn E Verleden, Esmée M Bijnens, Ellen Winckelmans, Jens Gottlieb, Gregor Warnecke, Federica Meloni, Monica Morosini, Wim Van Der Bij, Erik A Verschuuren, Urte Sommerwerck, Gerhard Weinreich, Markus Kamler, Antonio Roman, Susana Gomez-Olles, Cristina Berastegui, Christian Benden, Are Martin Holm, Martin Iversen, Hans Henrik Schultz, Bart Luijk, Erik-Jan Oudijk, Johanna M Kwakkel-van Erp, Peter Jaksch, Walter Klepetko, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Claus Neurohr, Paul Corris, Andrew J Fisher, James Lordan, Gerard Meachery, Davide Piloni, Elly Vandermeulen, Hannelore Bellon, Barbara Hoffmann, Danielle Vienneau, Gerard Hoek, Kees De Hoogh, Benoit Nemery, Geert M Verleden, Robin Vos, Tim S Nawrot, Bart M Vanaudenaerde
Publication date
2017/1/1
Journal
European Respiratory Journal
Volume
49
Issue
1
Publisher
European Respiratory Society
Description
Air pollution from road traffic is a serious health risk, especially for susceptible individuals. Single-centre studies showed an association with chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) and survival after lung transplantation, but there are no large studies.
13 lung transplant centres in 10 European countries created a cohort of 5707 patients. For each patient, we quantified residential particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤10 µm (PM10) by land use regression models, and the traffic exposure by quantifying total road length within buffer zones around the home addresses of patients and distance to a major road or freeway.
After correction for macrolide use, we found associations between air pollution variables and CLAD/mortality. Given the important interaction with macrolides, we stratified according to macrolide use. No associations were observed in 2151 patients taking macrolides. However, in 3556 …
Scholar articles
D Ruttens, SE Verleden, EM Bijnens, E Winckelmans… - European Respiratory Journal, 2017