Letter by Brook Regarding Article, “Residential Exposure to Traffic Is Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis”

Letter by Brook regarding article, "Residential exposure to traffic is associated with coronary atherosclerosis".

BACKGROUND Long-term exposure to fine-particulate-matter (PM2.5) air pollution may accelerate the development and progression of atherosclerosis. We investigated the associations of long-term residential exposure to traffic and fine particulate matter with the degree of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS We used baseline data on 4494 participants (age 45 to 74 years) from the Germa...

Residential Exposure to Traffic Is Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis

Background—Long-term exposure to fine-particulate-matter (PM2.5) air pollution may accelerate the development and progression of atherosclerosis. We investigated the associations of long-term residential exposure to traffic and fine particulate matter with the degree of coronary atherosclerosis. Methods and Results—We used baseline data on 4494 participants (age 45 to 74 years) from the German ...

Letter by Calvet et al regarding article, "Prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction".

Response to Letter by Tsuda Regarding Article, "Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Subclinical Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Northern Manhattan Study"

Letter regarding article by Weitzman et al, "tobacco smoke exposure is associated with the metabolic syndrome in adolescents".

BACKGROUND The metabolic syndrome predicts future coronary artery disease and type II diabetes and often emerges in childhood. Tobacco smoke potentially contributes to insulin resistance in this syndrome. This study evaluates the association of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and active smoking with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in US adolescents. METHODS AND RESULTS Dat...