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Association between air pollution in Lima and the high incidence of COVID-19: findings from a post hoc analysis

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dc.contributor.author Vasquez Apéstegui, Bertha Vanessa
dc.contributor.author Parras-Garrido, E.
dc.contributor.author Tapia Aguirre, Vilma Lucrecia
dc.contributor.author Paz-Aparicio, V.M.
dc.contributor.author Rojas, J.P.
dc.contributor.author Sanchez-Ccoyllo, O.R.
dc.contributor.author Gonzales Rengifo, Gustavo Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-04T23:00:55Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-04T23:00:55Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9786
dc.description.abstract Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in the People’s Republic of China in December 2019. Thereafter, a global logarithmic expansion of cases occurred. Some countries have a higher rate of infections despite the early implementation of quarantine. Air pollution might be related to high susceptibility to the virus and associated case fatality rates (deaths/cases*100). Lima, Peru, has the second highest incidence of COVID-19 in Latin America and also has one the highest levels of air pollution in the region. Methods: This study investigated the association of levels of PM2.5 exposure in previous years (2010–2016) in 24 districts of Lima with cases, deaths and case fatality rates for COVID-19. Multiple linear regression was used to evaluate this association controlled by age, sex, population density and number of food markets per district. The study period was from March 6 to June 12, 2020. Results: There were 128,700 cases in Lima and 2382 deaths due to COVID-19. The case fatality rate was 1.93%. Previous exposure to PM2.5 (2010—2016) was associated with the number of COVID-19- cases (β = 0.07; 95% CI: 0.034–0.107) and deaths (β = 0.0014; 95% CI: 0.0006–0.0.0023) but not with the case fatality rate. Conclusions: After adjusting for age, sex and number of food markets, the higher rates of COVID-19 in Metropolitan Lima are attributable to the increased PM2.5 exposure in the previous years, among other reasons. Reduction in air pollution from a long-term perspective and social distancing are needed to prevent the spread of virus outbreaks en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseries BMC Public Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject adverse event en_US
dc.subject air pollutant en_US
dc.subject Air Pollutants en_US
dc.subject air pollution en_US
dc.subject Air pollution en_US
dc.subject Air Pollution en_US
dc.subject Child en_US
dc.subject Preschool en_US
dc.subject China en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject epidemiology en_US
dc.subject Fatality rate en_US
dc.subject human en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject incidence en_US
dc.subject Incidence en_US
dc.subject Long-term exposure en_US
dc.subject particulate matter en_US
dc.subject Particulate matter en_US
dc.subject Particulate Matter en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject preschool child en_US
dc.subject SARS-CoV-2 en_US
dc.subject Social distancing en_US
dc.title Association between air pollution in Lima and the high incidence of COVID-19: findings from a post hoc analysis en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11232-7
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.05
dc.relation.issn 1471-2458


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