TY - JOUR AU - Hu,, Qian-Sheng AB - Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/epidem by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVJ2toCr/9wZZjwPUWvYES9l2nY+zyylnl33NGMK6MRsx on 10/26/2020 Original a rticle Interactions Between Air Pollution and Obesity on Blood  Pressure and Hypertension in Chinese Children a,b c a,b d b b b Guang-Hui Dong, Jing Wang, Xiao-Wen Zeng, Lihua Chen, Xiao-Di Qin, Yang Zhou, Meng Li, e f g b Mingan Yang, Yang Zhao, Wan-Hui Ren, and Qian-Sheng Hu diastolic blood pressure ranging from 0.57 mmHg (95% ci = 0.36, Background: little information exists regarding the effect of inter - 0.78) and 0.63 mmHg (95% ci = 0.46, 0.81) per 46.3 μg/m for O to action of obesity and long-term air pollution exposure on children’s 4.04 mmHg (95% ci = 3.00, 5.09) and 2.02 mmHg (95% ci = 1.14, blood pressure and hypertension in areas with high levels of air 2.89) per 23.4 μg/m for sulfur dioxide. pollution. the aim of this study is to assess effect modification by Conclusions: Obesity amplifies the association of long-term air obesity on the association between exposure and blood pressure in pollution exposure with blood pressure and hypertension in chinese chinese children. children. Methods: We studied 9,354 chinese children, ages 5–17 years old, from 24 elementary schools and 24 middle schools in the Seven (Epidemiology 2015;26: 740–747) northeastern cities during 2012–2013. Four-year average concen- trations of TI - Interactions Between Air Pollution and Obesity on Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Chinese Children JF - Epidemiology DO - 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000336 DA - 2015-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/interactions-between-air-pollution-and-obesity-on-blood-pressure-and-IU4Zey1WKu SP - 740 VL - 26 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -