Department of General Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Institute of Electronics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 8;17(24):9165. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249165.
Osteoporosis is defined as a systemic skeletal disease characterized by a reduction in bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue. Previous studies have reported associations between air pollution and lower bone mineral density; however, few studies have investigated the association between air pollution and osteoporosis. In this study, we combined two databases, the first including 5000 individuals registered in the Taiwan Biobank, and the second containing detailed daily data on air pollution. After multivariable adjustments, ozone (O) (unstandardized coefficient β, 0.015; = 0.008) was significantly positively associated with T-score, whereas carbon monoxide (CO) (unstandardized coefficient β, -0.809; < 0.001), sulfur dioxide (SO) (unstandardized coefficient β, -0.050; = 0.005), nitric oxide (NO) (unstandardized coefficient β, -0.040; < 0.001), nitrogen dioxide (NO) (unstandardized coefficient β, -0.023; < 0.001), and nitrogen oxide (NO) (unstandardized coefficient β, -0.017; < 0.001) were significantly negatively associated with T-score. The interactions between CO and NO ( = 0.001) and SO and NO ( = 0.004) on T-score were statistically significant. An increase in exposure to CO, NO and NO was associated with a faster decline in T-score in the female participants compared to the male participants. In addition, an increase in O was associated with a faster increase in T-score in the female participants compared to the male participants. In conclusion, the air pollutants CO, SO, NO, NO, and NO were associated with osteoporosis. In addition, there were interaction and synergetic effects between CO and NO and SO and NO on T-score. We also observed differences in the associations between air pollutants and T-score between the female and male participants.
骨质疏松症被定义为一种全身性骨骼疾病,其特征是骨量减少和骨组织的微观结构恶化。先前的研究报告了空气污染与较低的骨矿物质密度之间的关联;然而,很少有研究调查空气污染与骨质疏松症之间的关系。在这项研究中,我们结合了两个数据库,第一个数据库包含在台湾生物银行注册的 5000 个人的数据,第二个数据库包含详细的每日空气污染数据。经过多变量调整后,臭氧(O)(未标准化系数 β,0.015; = 0.008)与 T 评分呈显著正相关,而一氧化碳(CO)(未标准化系数 β,-0.809; < 0.001)、二氧化硫(SO)(未标准化系数 β,-0.050; = 0.005)、二氧化氮(NO)(未标准化系数 β,-0.040; < 0.001)、二氧化氮(NO)(未标准化系数 β,-0.023; < 0.001)和一氧化氮(NO)(未标准化系数 β,-0.017; < 0.001)与 T 评分呈显著负相关。CO 和 NO( = 0.001)以及 SO 和 NO( = 0.004)之间的相互作用对 T 评分有统计学意义。与男性参与者相比,女性参与者接触 CO、NO 和 NO 增加与 T 评分下降更快有关。此外,与男性参与者相比,女性参与者中 O 的增加与 T 评分的增加更快有关。总之,CO、SO、NO、NO 和 NO 等空气污染物与骨质疏松症有关。此外,CO 和 NO 以及 SO 和 NO 之间的 T 评分存在相互作用和协同效应。我们还观察到女性和男性参与者之间空气污染物与 T 评分之间的关联存在差异。