Airborne pollen concentrations and daily mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular causes | Zendy

Jouni J. K. Jaakkola | Zendy; Simo-Pekka Kiihamäki | Zendy; Simo Näyhä | Zendy; Niilo Ryti | Zendy; Timo T. Hugg | Zendy; Maritta S. Jaakkola | Zendy

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Airborne pollen concentrations and daily mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular causes

Author(s) -

Jouni J. K. Jaakkola,

Simo-Pekka Kiihamäki,

Simo Näyhä,

Niilo Ryti,

Timo T. Hugg,

Maritta S. Jaakkola

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

european journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1464-360X

pISSN - 1101-1262

DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckab034

Subject(s) - pollen , poisson regression , medicine , mugwort , mortality rate , demography , respiratory system , environmental health , biology , botany , pathology , population , alternative medicine , sociology

We conducted a time-series analysis of the relations between daily levels of allergenic pollen and mortality in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area with 153 378 deaths; 9742 from respiratory and 57 402 from cardiovascular causes. Daily (average) pollen counts of alder, birch, mugwort and grass were measured. In quasi-Poisson regression analysis, abundant alder pollen increased the risk of non-accidental deaths with an adjusted cumulative mortality rate ratio (acMRR) of 1.10 (95% CI 1.01-1.19) and of deaths from respiratory-diseases with acMRR of 1.78 (95% CI 1.19-2.65). Abundant mugwort pollen increased cardiovascular mortality (1.41, 1.02-1.95). These findings identify an important global public health problem.

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