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Fine particles matter components and interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis

Naizhuo Zhao, Ziyad Al-Aly, Boyang Zheng, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Christian A. Pineau, Sasha Bernatsky
European Respiratory Journal 2021; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02149-2021
Naizhuo Zhao
1Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Ziyad Al-Aly
2Clinical Epidemiology Center, Research and Development Service, VA Saint Louis Health Care System, Saint Louis, MO, USA
3Department of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Boyang Zheng
4Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Aaron van Donkelaar
5Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
6Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Randall V. Martin
5Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
6Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Christian A. Pineau
4Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
7Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Sasha Bernatsky
4Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
7Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Abstract

Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a risk factor for pulmonary and systemic autoimmune diseases, however evidence on which PM2.5 chemical components are more harmful is still scant. Our goal is to investigate potential associations between PM2.5 components and interstitial lung disease (ILD) onset in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

New-onset RA subjects identified from a United States health care insurance database (MarketScan) were followed for new onset of RA associated ILD (RA-ILD) from 2011 to 2018. Annual ambient PM2.5 concentrations of its chemical components (i.e. sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, organic matter, black carbon, mineral dust, and sea salt) were estimated by combining satellite retrievals with chemical transport modelling and refined by geographically weighted regression. Exposures from 2006 up to one year before ILD onset or end of study were assigned to subjects based on their metropolitan division or core-based statistical area codes. A novel time-to-event quantile-based g(generalised)-computation approach was used to estimate potential associations between RA-ILD onset and the exposure mixture of all seven PM2.5 chemical components adjusting for age, sex, and prior chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (as a proxy for smoking).

We followed 280 516 new-onset RA patients and detected 2194 RA-ILD cases across 1 394 385 person-years. The adjusted hazard ratio for RA-ILD onset was 1.54 (95% confidence interval 1.47–1.63) per every decile increase in all seven exposures. Ammonium, mineral dust, and black carbon contributed more to ILD risk than the other PM2.5 components.

In conclusion, exposure to elements of PM2.5, particularly ammonium, increases ILD risk in RA.

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Conflict of interest: Dr. Zhao has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. Al-Aly has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. Zheng has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. van Donkelaar has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. Martin has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. Pineau has nothing to disclose.

Conflict of interest: Dr. Bernatsky reports that support for the present manuscript is from Canadian Institutes of Health Research to Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center.

  • Received August 3, 2021.
  • Accepted November 28, 2021.
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Fine particles matter components and interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis
Naizhuo Zhao, Ziyad Al-Aly, Boyang Zheng, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Christian A. Pineau, Sasha Bernatsky
European Respiratory Journal Jan 2021, 2102149; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02149-2021

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Naizhuo Zhao, Ziyad Al-Aly, Boyang Zheng, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Christian A. Pineau, Sasha Bernatsky
European Respiratory Journal Jan 2021, 2102149; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02149-2021
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