Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Whanhee LeeXiao WuSeulkee HeoJoyce Mary KimKelvin C FongJi-Young SonMatthew Benjamin SabathAna TrisovicDanielle BraunJae Yoon ParkYong Chul KimJung Pyo LeeJoel SchwartzHo KimFrancesca DominiciZiyad Al-AlyMichelle L BellPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2023)
This study found an association between exposures to air pollution and the risk of the first hospital admission with AKI, and this association persisted even at low concentrations of air pollution. Our findings provide beneficial implications for public health policies and air pollution guidelines to alleviate health care expenditures and the disease burden attributable to AKI. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10729.