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Association of air pollution with cognitive functions and its modification by APOE gene variants in elderly women

Schikowski, Tamara and Vossoughi, Mohammad and Vierkötter, Andrea and Schulte, Thomas and Teichert, Tom and Sugiri, Dorothee and Fehsel, Karin and Tzivian, Lilian and Bae, Il-Seok and Ranft, Ulrich and Hoffmann, Barbara and Probst-Hensch, Nicole and Herder, Christian and Krämer, Ursula and Luckhaus, Christian. (2015) Association of air pollution with cognitive functions and its modification by APOE gene variants in elderly women. Environmental research, Vol. 142. pp. 10-16.

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Abstract

Epidemiological studies have shown effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory health. However, studies investigating the effects of air pollution on cognition and brain function are limited. We investigated if neurocognitive functions are associated with air pollution exposure and whether apolipoprotein E (ApoE) alleles modify the association of air pollution exposure with cognition.; We investigated 789 women from the SALIA cohort during the 22-year follow-up examination (2008-2009). Exposure to particulate matter (PM) size fractions and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were assigned to home addresses. Traffic indicators were used to assess residential proximity to high traffic load. Level of cognitive performance was assessed using the CERAD-Plus test. Air pollution effects on cognitive functioning were estimated cross-sectionally using adjusted linear regression models.; Air pollution was negatively associated with cognitive function and cognitive performance in the subtests for semantic memory and visuo-construction. Significant associations could be observed for figure copying with an interquartile range increase of NO2 (β=-0.28 (95%CI:-0.44;-0.12)), NOx (β=-0.25 (95%CI:-0.40;-0.09)), PM10 (β=-0.14 (95%CI:-0.26;-0.02)) and PM2.5 (β=-0.19 (95%CI:-0.36;-0.02)). The association with traffic load was significant in carriers of one or two ApoE ɛ4 risk alleles.; In this study of elderly women, markers of air pollution were associated with cognitive impairment in the visuospatial domain. The association of traffic exposure is significant in participants carrying the ApoE ε4 risk allele.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH) > Chronic Disease Epidemiology > Exposome Science (Probst-Hensch)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Exposome Science (Probst-Hensch)
UniBasel Contributors:Schikowski, Tamara and Probst Hensch, Nicole
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1096-0953
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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