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Pages 350-356 (July - August 2011)
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Vol. 87. Issue 04.
Pages 350-356 (July - August 2011)
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Associação da poluição atmosférica com parâmetros hematológicos em crianças e adolescentes
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Parinaz Poursafaa, Roya Kelishadib, Amin Aminic, Abasgholi Aminid, Mohammad Mehdi Amine, Mohammadreza Lahijanzadehf, Mohammadreza Modaresig
a MSc. Environmental Protection Engineer, Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Irã. Department of Environmental Protection, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Irã.
b MD. Professor, Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, Child Health Promotion Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Irã.
c MD. Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Isfahan, Irã.
d MD. Associate professor, Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Irã.
e PhD. Associate professor, Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Irã.
f MSc. Environmental Protection Engineer, Isfahan Provincial Directorate of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Department, Isfahan, Irã.
g MD. Assistant professor, Pediatrics, Pediatrics Department, Child Health Promotion Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Irã.
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Abstract
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2011;87(4)350-356 Air pollution, cell blood count, atherosclerosis, inflammation, children, prevention. Objective

To assess the relationship between air pollution and hematologic parameters in a population-based sample of children and adolescents.

Objective

To assess the relationship between air pollution and hematologic parameters in a population-based sample of children and adolescents.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009-2010 among school students randomly selected from different areas of Isfahan city, the second largest and most air-polluted city in Iran. The association of air pollutants levels with hemoglobin, platelets, red and white blood cells (RBC and WBC, respectively) levels was determined by multiple linear and logistic regression analyses, after adjustment for age, gender, anthropometric measures, meteorological factors, and dietary and physical activity habits.

Results

The study participants consisted of 134 students (48.5% boys) with a mean age of 13.10±2.21 years. While the mean Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) was at moderate level, the mean particulate matter < 10 µm (PM10) was more than twice the normal level. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that PSI and most air pollutants, notably PM10, had significant negative relationship with hemoglobin and RBC count, and positive significant relationship with WBC and platelet counts. The odds ratio of elevated WBC increased as the quartiles of PM10, ozone and PSI increased, however these associations reached to significant level only in the highest quartile of PM10 and PSI. The corresponding figures for hemoglobin and RBC were in opposite direction.

Conclusions

The association of air pollutants with hematologic parameters and a possible pro-inflammatory state is highlighted. The presence of these associations with PM10 in a moderate mean PSI level underscores the necessity to re-examine environmental health policies for the pediatric age group.

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Objetivo

Avaliar a relação entre poluição atmosférica e parâmetros hematológicos em uma amostra populacional de crianças e adolescentes.

Métodos

Este estudo transversal foi realizado em 2009-2010 com estudantes escolhidos aleatoriamente de diversas áreas de Isfahan, a segunda maior e mais poluída cidade iraniana. A associação entre os níveis de poluentes do ar e os de hemoglobina, plaquetas, glóbulos brancos (GB) e glóbulos vermelhos (GV) foi determinada pelas análises linear múltipla e de regressão logística ajustadas para idade, sexo, medidas antropométricas, fatores meteorológicos, e hábitos alimentares e de atividade física.

Resultados

Participaram do estudo 134 estudantes (48,5% meninos), com idade média de 13,10±2,21 anos. Com níveis moderados de Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), a média de material particulado (particulate matter) < 10 µm (PM10) foi mais do que o dobro do normal. A análise de regressão linear demonstrou que o PSI e a maioria dos poluentes atmosféricos, especialmente PM10, estiveram negativamente relacionados com a contagem de hemoglobina e GV e positivamente relacionados com a contagem de GB e plaquetas. O odds ratio de uma elevação nos GB aumentou conforme os quartis de PM10, ozônio e PSI aumentavam, embora essas associações fossem significativas somente no quartil superior de PM10 e PSI. Os valores correspondentes de hemoglobina e GV seguiram a direção oposta.

Conclusões

Destaca-se a associação dos poluentes atmosféricos com parâmetros hematológicos e um possível estado pró-inflamatório. A presença dessas associações com PM10 em níveis regulares de PSI enfatiza a necessidade de se reavaliar as políticas ambientais de saúde na faixa etária pediátrica.

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