Associations of environmental and community features with radiologic sinus inflammation in Pennsylvania, USA
Higher cumulative growing degree days, greater urbanization, lower precipitation, and higher greenness had robust associations with radiologic sinus inflammation. Findings reflect the complexity of environmental and community risk factors that directly and indirectly influence radiologic sinus inflammation, including both aeroallergens and air pollutants. Risk of this objective finding of chronic rhinosinusitis could increase with continued climate change-driven variation in weather and land use.
Authors
- Joseph DeWalle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2053-737X)
- Karen Bandeen‐Roche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3895-8313)
- Jonathan Pollak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9088-437X)
- Armen R. Kemanian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7682-3527)
- Annemarie G. Hirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7699-2171)
- Ashton E. Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0489-0181)
- Brian S. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-9865)
- Margaret M. Tomann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-0453)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Geisinger Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ee9.0000000000000387
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00