Household air pollution exposure in adult women is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: A cross-sectional study of the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network trial.
In this cross-sectional study, higher personal exposures to PM<sub>2.5</sub> and CO were associated with greater mean and maximal CIMT, a well-established biomarker of atherosclerosis, further supporting the association between HAP and cardiovascular disease.
Authors
- Shakir Hossen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-5052)
- Florien Ndagijimana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-6363)
- Maggie L. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-5736)
- Lisa de las Fuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4689-325X)
- Kalpana Balakrishnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5905-1801)
- Wenlu Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2212-6160)
- Ajay Pillarisetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0518-2934)
- Kendra N. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9697-048X)
- William Checkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-8812)
- Anaité Díaz-Artiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-8710)
- Thomas Clasen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4062-5788)
- Gurusamy Thangavel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-0338)
- Kyle Steenland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-4678)
- Laura Nicolaou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2539-9620)
- Ghislaine Rosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-4200)
- Michael Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4886-1534)
- Aris T. Papageorghiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-2232)
- Vigneswari Aravindalochanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-8741)
- John P. McCracken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0714-2971)
- Víctor G. Dávila‐Román (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8554-0011)
- Suzanne Simkovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2462-0856)
- Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-5580)
- Sankar Sambandam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6424-1140)
- Lisa M. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8001-2057)
- Sarada S. Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8715-371X)
- Jennifer L. Peel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5155-1580)
- Lindsay J. Underhill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1511-812X)
- Lance Allyn Waller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-8886)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Berkeley Air Monitoring Group (United States) (US)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- MedStar Health (US)
- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (GT)
- Colorado State University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114649
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute