Medical News: Airborne Fine Particulate Matter Linked to Stroke Risk - in Cardiovascular, Strokes from MedPage Today: "ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 30 -- Even low levels of airborne fine particulate matter appear to be associated with an increased risk of cerebrovascular events, researchers found.
Levels of particulate matter in a southeast Texas county were associated with 'borderline significant' increases in the risk of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack, Lewis Morgenstern, M.D., of the University of Michigan, and colleagues reported online in the Annals of Neurology.
When levels of fine particulate matter rose by 5.1 ug/m3 the risk of suffering one of the events increased by 3% that day (RR 1.03, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.07) and the day after (RR 1.03, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.07)."/...
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