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Air pollution is associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Young-Gun Lee, Seon-Jin Yoon, So Hoon Yoon, Sung Woo Kang, Seun Jeon, Minseok Kim, Dong Ah Shin, Chung Mo Nam et al.. Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2023-04-27
Topic: Air pollution and environmental exposures
Higher chronic exposure to SO2 was associated with a faster decline in memory score, whereas chronic exposure to CO, NO2 , and PM10 were not associated with the rate of cognitive decline. Higher chronic exposure to PM2.5 was associated with a faster decline in visuospatial score in apolipoprotein E ε4 carriers. These effects remained significant even after adjusting for potential confounders. Our findings suggest that chronic exposure to SO2 and PM2.5 is associated with faster clinical progression in AD.
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Lee, Y.-G., Yoon, S.-J., Yoon, S. H., Kang, S. W., Jeon, S., Kim, M., et al. (2023). Air pollution is associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51779
Vancouver
Lee Y.-G, Yoon S.-J, Yoon SH, Kang SW, Jeon S, Kim M, et al. Air pollution is associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. 2023. doi:10.1002/acn3.51779. PMID: 37106569.
BibTeX
@article{lee2023-37106569,
author = {Lee, Young-Gun and Yoon, Seon-Jin and Yoon, So Hoon and Kang, Sung Woo and Jeon, Seun and Kim, Minseok and Shin, Dong Ah and Nam, Chung Mo and others},
title = {{Air pollution is associated with faster cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease}},
journal = {Annals of clinical and translational neurology},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1002/acn3.51779},
pmid = {37106569},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51779}
}
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Key findings
- Higher chronic exposure to SO2 was associated with a faster decline in memory score, whereas chronic exposure to CO, NO2 , and PM10 were not associated with the rate of cognitive decline.
- Higher chronic exposure to PM2.5 was associated with a faster decline in visuospatial score in apolipoprotein E ε4 carriers.
- These effects remained significant even after adjusting for potential confounders.
- Our findings suggest that chronic exposure to SO2 and PM2.5 is associated with faster clinical progression in AD.
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Study details
- Study designlongitudinal study
- Participants269
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 66/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a longitudinal study following the same people over time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 37 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 66 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Annals of clinical and translational neurology) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 7 / 12 | A longitudinal study following the same people over time |
| Strength of evidence | 3 / 5 | Rated “moderate” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 3 / 5 | 2023 — within 6 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 269 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 37106569) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 37 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 37 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 66 out of 100. |
| Total | 66 / 100 | — |
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