Air Pollution May Worsen Risk Factors For Heart Disease, Studies Suggest.

reports that research suggests “air pollution can worsen heart disease risk factors, especially in people with diabetes.” Investigators looked at data on approximately 600,000 blood samples “from more than 73,000 adults.” Study participants were smokers or had diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, or “too low/too high levels of fat in the blood.” The researchers found that participants “exposed to higher levels of air pollution in the previous three months had higher blood sugar levels, higher levels of...LDL cholesterol and fats in the blood, and lower levels of...HDL cholesterol than those exposed to lower levels of air pollution.” The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. https://consumer.healthday.com/respiratory-and-allergy-information-2/air-pollution-health-news-540/air-pollution-heart-disease-risk-jcem-release-batch-2689-711202.html