Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

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Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project. / Andersen, Zorana J.; Stafoggia, Massimo; Weinmayr, Gudrun; Pedersen, Marie; Galassi, Claudia; Jørgensen, Jeanette T.; Oudin, Anna; Forsberg, Bertil; Olsson, David; Oftedal, Bente; Marit Aasvang, Gunn; Aamodt, Geir; Pyko, Andrei; Pershagen, Göran; Korek, Michal; De Faire, Ulf; Pedersen, Nancy L; Östenson, Claes-Göran; Fratiglioni, Laura; Eriksen, Kirsten T.; Tjønneland, Anne; Peeters, Petra H; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas; Plusquin, Michelle; Key, Timothy J; Jaensch, Andrea; Nagel, Gabriele; Lang, Alois; Wang, Meng; Tsai, Ming-Yi; Fournier, Agnes; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Baglietto, Laura; Grioni, Sara; Marcon, Alessandro; Krogh, Vittorio; Ricceri, Fulvio; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Migliore, Enrica; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Amiano, Pilar; Dorronsoro, Miren; Vermeulen, Roel; Sokhi, Ranjeet; Keuken, Menno; de Hoogh, Kees; Beelen, Rob; Vineis, Paolo; Cesaroni, Giulia; Brunekreef, Bert; Hoek, Gerard; Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole.

In: Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 125, No. 10, 107005, 13.10.2017, p. 1-14.

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Andersen, ZJ, Stafoggia, M, Weinmayr, G, Pedersen, M, Galassi, C, Jørgensen, JT, Oudin, A, Forsberg, B, Olsson, D, Oftedal, B, Marit Aasvang, G, Aamodt, G, Pyko, A, Pershagen, G, Korek, M, De Faire, U, Pedersen, NL, Östenson, C-G, Fratiglioni, L, Eriksen, KT, Tjønneland, A, Peeters, PH, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, Plusquin, M, Key, TJ, Jaensch, A, Nagel, G, Lang, A, Wang, M, Tsai, M-Y, Fournier, A, Boutron-Ruault, M-C, Baglietto, L, Grioni, S, Marcon, A, Krogh, V, Ricceri, F, Sacerdote, C, Migliore, E, Tamayo-Uria, I, Amiano, P, Dorronsoro, M, Vermeulen, R, Sokhi, R, Keuken, M, de Hoogh, K, Beelen, R, Vineis, P, Cesaroni, G, Brunekreef, B, Hoek, G & Raaschou-Nielsen, O 2017, 'Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project', Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 10, 107005, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1742

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Andersen, Z. J., Stafoggia, M., Weinmayr, G., Pedersen, M., Galassi, C., Jørgensen, J. T., Oudin, A., Forsberg, B., Olsson, D., Oftedal, B., Marit Aasvang, G., Aamodt, G., Pyko, A., Pershagen, G., Korek, M., De Faire, U., Pedersen, N. L., Östenson, C-G., Fratiglioni, L., ... Raaschou-Nielsen, O. (2017). Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(10), 1-14. [107005]. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1742

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Andersen ZJ, Stafoggia M, Weinmayr G, Pedersen M, Galassi C, Jørgensen JT et al. Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017 Oct 13;125(10):1-14. 107005. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1742

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Andersen, Zorana J. ; Stafoggia, Massimo ; Weinmayr, Gudrun ; Pedersen, Marie ; Galassi, Claudia ; Jørgensen, Jeanette T. ; Oudin, Anna ; Forsberg, Bertil ; Olsson, David ; Oftedal, Bente ; Marit Aasvang, Gunn ; Aamodt, Geir ; Pyko, Andrei ; Pershagen, Göran ; Korek, Michal ; De Faire, Ulf ; Pedersen, Nancy L ; Östenson, Claes-Göran ; Fratiglioni, Laura ; Eriksen, Kirsten T. ; Tjønneland, Anne ; Peeters, Petra H ; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas ; Plusquin, Michelle ; Key, Timothy J ; Jaensch, Andrea ; Nagel, Gabriele ; Lang, Alois ; Wang, Meng ; Tsai, Ming-Yi ; Fournier, Agnes ; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine ; Baglietto, Laura ; Grioni, Sara ; Marcon, Alessandro ; Krogh, Vittorio ; Ricceri, Fulvio ; Sacerdote, Carlotta ; Migliore, Enrica ; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon ; Amiano, Pilar ; Dorronsoro, Miren ; Vermeulen, Roel ; Sokhi, Ranjeet ; Keuken, Menno ; de Hoogh, Kees ; Beelen, Rob ; Vineis, Paolo ; Cesaroni, Giulia ; Brunekreef, Bert ; Hoek, Gerard ; Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole. / Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project. In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017 ; Vol. 125, No. 10. pp. 1-14.

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title = "Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence on the association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk is inconsistent.OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.METHODS: In 15 cohorts from nine European countries, individual estimates of air pollution levels at the residence were estimated by standardized land-use regression models developed within the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) and Transport related Air Pollution and Health impacts – Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter (TRANSPHORM) projects: particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5μm, ≤10μm, and 2.5–10μm in diameter (PM2.5, PM10, and PMcoarse, respectively); PM2.5 absorbance; nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOx); traffic intensity; and elemental composition of PM. We estimated cohort-specific associations between breast cancer and air pollutants using Cox regression models, adjusting for major lifestyle risk factors, and pooled cohort-specific estimates using random-effects meta-analyses.RESULTS: Of 74,750 postmenopausal women included in the study, 3,612 developed breast cancer during 991,353 person-years of follow-up. We found positive and statistically insignificant associations between breast cancer and PM2.5 {hazard ratio (HR)=1.08 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.77, 1.51] per 5 μg/m(3)}, PM10 [1.07 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.30) per 10 μg/m(3)], PMcoarse[1.20 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.49 per 5 μg/m(3)], and NO(2) [1.02 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.07 per 10 μg/m(3)], and a statistically significant association with NOx [1.04 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.08) per 20 μg/m(3), p=0.04].CONCLUSIONS: We found suggestive evidence of an association between ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.",
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author = "Andersen, {Zorana J.} and Massimo Stafoggia and Gudrun Weinmayr and Marie Pedersen and Claudia Galassi and J{\o}rgensen, {Jeanette T.} and Anna Oudin and Bertil Forsberg and David Olsson and Bente Oftedal and {Marit Aasvang}, Gunn and Geir Aamodt and Andrei Pyko and G{\"o}ran Pershagen and Michal Korek and {De Faire}, Ulf and Pedersen, {Nancy L} and Claes-G{\"o}ran {\"O}stenson and Laura Fratiglioni and Eriksen, {Kirsten T.} and Anne Tj{\o}nneland and Peeters, {Petra H} and Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita and Michelle Plusquin and Key, {Timothy J} and Andrea Jaensch and Gabriele Nagel and Alois Lang and Meng Wang and Ming-Yi Tsai and Agnes Fournier and Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault and Laura Baglietto and Sara Grioni and Alessandro Marcon and Vittorio Krogh and Fulvio Ricceri and Carlotta Sacerdote and Enrica Migliore and Ibon Tamayo-Uria and Pilar Amiano and Miren Dorronsoro and Roel Vermeulen and Ranjeet Sokhi and Menno Keuken and {de Hoogh}, Kees and Rob Beelen and Paolo Vineis and Giulia Cesaroni and Bert Brunekreef and Gerard Hoek and Ole Raaschou-Nielsen",
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doi = "10.1289/EHP1742",
language = "English",
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journal = "Environmental Health Perspectives",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Incidence of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in 15 European Cohorts within the ESCAPE Project

AU - Andersen, Zorana J.

AU - Stafoggia, Massimo

AU - Weinmayr, Gudrun

AU - Pedersen, Marie

AU - Galassi, Claudia

AU - Jørgensen, Jeanette T.

AU - Oudin, Anna

AU - Forsberg, Bertil

AU - Olsson, David

AU - Oftedal, Bente

AU - Marit Aasvang, Gunn

AU - Aamodt, Geir

AU - Pyko, Andrei

AU - Pershagen, Göran

AU - Korek, Michal

AU - De Faire, Ulf

AU - Pedersen, Nancy L

AU - Östenson, Claes-Göran

AU - Fratiglioni, Laura

AU - Eriksen, Kirsten T.

AU - Tjønneland, Anne

AU - Peeters, Petra H

AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas

AU - Plusquin, Michelle

AU - Key, Timothy J

AU - Jaensch, Andrea

AU - Nagel, Gabriele

AU - Lang, Alois

AU - Wang, Meng

AU - Tsai, Ming-Yi

AU - Fournier, Agnes

AU - Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine

AU - Baglietto, Laura

AU - Grioni, Sara

AU - Marcon, Alessandro

AU - Krogh, Vittorio

AU - Ricceri, Fulvio

AU - Sacerdote, Carlotta

AU - Migliore, Enrica

AU - Tamayo-Uria, Ibon

AU - Amiano, Pilar

AU - Dorronsoro, Miren

AU - Vermeulen, Roel

AU - Sokhi, Ranjeet

AU - Keuken, Menno

AU - de Hoogh, Kees

AU - Beelen, Rob

AU - Vineis, Paolo

AU - Cesaroni, Giulia

AU - Brunekreef, Bert

AU - Hoek, Gerard

AU - Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole

PY - 2017/10/13

Y1 - 2017/10/13

N2 - BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence on the association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk is inconsistent.OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.METHODS: In 15 cohorts from nine European countries, individual estimates of air pollution levels at the residence were estimated by standardized land-use regression models developed within the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) and Transport related Air Pollution and Health impacts – Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter (TRANSPHORM) projects: particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5μm, ≤10μm, and 2.5–10μm in diameter (PM2.5, PM10, and PMcoarse, respectively); PM2.5 absorbance; nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOx); traffic intensity; and elemental composition of PM. We estimated cohort-specific associations between breast cancer and air pollutants using Cox regression models, adjusting for major lifestyle risk factors, and pooled cohort-specific estimates using random-effects meta-analyses.RESULTS: Of 74,750 postmenopausal women included in the study, 3,612 developed breast cancer during 991,353 person-years of follow-up. We found positive and statistically insignificant associations between breast cancer and PM2.5 {hazard ratio (HR)=1.08 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.77, 1.51] per 5 μg/m(3)}, PM10 [1.07 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.30) per 10 μg/m(3)], PMcoarse[1.20 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.49 per 5 μg/m(3)], and NO(2) [1.02 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.07 per 10 μg/m(3)], and a statistically significant association with NOx [1.04 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.08) per 20 μg/m(3), p=0.04].CONCLUSIONS: We found suggestive evidence of an association between ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.

AB - BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence on the association between ambient air pollution and breast cancer risk is inconsistent.OBJECTIVE: We examined the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.METHODS: In 15 cohorts from nine European countries, individual estimates of air pollution levels at the residence were estimated by standardized land-use regression models developed within the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) and Transport related Air Pollution and Health impacts – Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter (TRANSPHORM) projects: particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5μm, ≤10μm, and 2.5–10μm in diameter (PM2.5, PM10, and PMcoarse, respectively); PM2.5 absorbance; nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NOx); traffic intensity; and elemental composition of PM. We estimated cohort-specific associations between breast cancer and air pollutants using Cox regression models, adjusting for major lifestyle risk factors, and pooled cohort-specific estimates using random-effects meta-analyses.RESULTS: Of 74,750 postmenopausal women included in the study, 3,612 developed breast cancer during 991,353 person-years of follow-up. We found positive and statistically insignificant associations between breast cancer and PM2.5 {hazard ratio (HR)=1.08 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.77, 1.51] per 5 μg/m(3)}, PM10 [1.07 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.30) per 10 μg/m(3)], PMcoarse[1.20 (95% CI: 0.96, 1.49 per 5 μg/m(3)], and NO(2) [1.02 (95% CI: 0.98, 1.07 per 10 μg/m(3)], and a statistically significant association with NOx [1.04 (95% CI: 1.00, 1.08) per 20 μg/m(3), p=0.04].CONCLUSIONS: We found suggestive evidence of an association between ambient air pollution and incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer in European women.

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DO - 10.1289/EHP1742

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 29033383

VL - 125

SP - 1

EP - 14

JO - Environmental Health Perspectives

JF - Environmental Health Perspectives

SN - 0091-6765

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