Asthma affects over 300 million people worldwide, and is the world’s most common chronic respiratory condition. New collaborative research sheds insight highlighting how older adults who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution are more likely to have asthma.
Researchers have published a study showing that over-50s in Ireland living in areas with higher levels of air pollution are more likely to have asthma. The study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, was carried out by a team from ESRI, TCD, RCSI, TU Dublin and IT Carlow. The study linked health data from 8,162 participants in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) to estimates of annual average nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations near their homes. Those living in areas with higher NO2 concentrations had significantly higher rates of asthma.
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