BACKGROUND: Air pollutants are suggested to be related to type 2 diabetes (T2D). Since several high quality papers on air pollutants and T2D have been published beyond the last reviews, an extended systematic review is highly warranted. We review epidemiological studies to quantify the association between air pollutants and T2D, and to answer if diabetes patients are more vulnerable to air pollutants. METHODS: We systematically reviewed the databases of PubMed and Web of Science based on the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-analysis (PRISMA). We calculated odds ratios (OR) or hazard ratios (HR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) to assess the strength of the associations between air pollutants [e.g., particulate matter with diameter
Yang, B. Y.
Fan, S.
Thiering, E.
Seissler, J.
Nowak, D.
Dong, G. H.
Heinrich, J.
Keywords
- Gaseous pollutant
- Gestational diabetes
- Mortality
- Particulate matter
- Type 2 diabetes
