In 2004, the first American Heart Association scientific statement on “Air Pollution and
Cardiovascular Disease” concluded that exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution …

Current day concentrations of ambient air pollution have been associated with a range of
adverse health effects, particularly mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular and …

Air pollution has wide-ranging and deleterious effects on human health and is a major issue
for the global community. The Global Burden of Disease study has described the worldwide …

We performed a meta-analysis of 14 genome-wide association studies of coronary artery
disease (CAD) comprising 22,233 individuals with CAD (cases) and 64,762 controls of …

To extend understanding of the genetic architecture and molecular basis of type 2 diabetes
(T2D), we conducted a meta-analysis of genetic variants on the Metabochip, including …

Background—Elevated concentrations of ambient particulate air pollution have been
associated with increased hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease. Whether high …

The association between fine and ultrafine particles and respiratory health was studied in
adults with a history of asthma in Erfurt, Eastern Germany. Twenty-seven nonsmoking …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the commonest cause of death. Here, we report an
association analysis in 63,746 CAD cases and 130,681 controls identifying 15 loci reaching …

We expanded GWAS discovery for type 2 diabetes (T2D) by combining data from 898,130
European-descent individuals (9% cases), after imputation to high-density reference panels …

Background Few studies on long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality have been
reported from Europe. Within the multicentre European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution …