20.500.12556/RUL-133866 Effects of ultrafine particles in ambient air on primary health care consultations for diabetes in children and elderly population in Ljubljana, Slovenia a 5-year time-trend study Epidemiological studies indicate that exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) in ambient air represents an important environmental public health issue. The aim of this study was to determine the association between UFP in ambient air and the daily number of consultations in the primary health care unit due to diabetes mellitus in children and elderly population of the Municipality of Ljubljana. A 5-year time-trend ecological study was carried out for the period between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2017. The daily number of primary health care consultations due to diabetes mellitus among children and elderly population was observed as the health outcome. Daily mean UFP concentrations (different size from 10 to 100 nm) were measured and calculated. Poisson regression analysis was used to investigate the association between the observed outcome and the daily UFP, particulate matter fine fraction (PM$_{2.5}$), and particulate matter coarse fraction (PM$_{10}$) concentrations, adjusted to other covariates. The results show that the daily number of consultations due to diabetes mellitus were highly significantly associated with the daily concentrations of UFP (10 to 20 nm; p ≤ 0.001 and 20 to 30 nm; p ≤ 0.001) in all age groups and in the elderly population. In observed the population of children, we did not confirm the association. Findings indicate that specified environmental challenges should be addressed by comprehensive public health strategies leading to the coordinated cross-sectoral measures for the reduction of UFP in ambient air and the mitigation of adverse health effects. air pollution diabetes Slovenia ultrafine particles health effects time-trend study onesnaževanje zraka diabetes Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-12-17 13:42:07 2021-12-17 13:42:12 2022-09-13 03:52:50 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 19 str. iss. 14, art. 4970 Vol. 17 Jul. 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 614 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph17144970 23124995 RAZ_Hrzenjak_Vesna_Viher_2020.pdf RAZ_Hrzenjak_Vesna_Viher_2020.pdf 1 26A27C1CD97AAFB9A95F633A6CA54E20 d587d975415a25ae364018937e8e68b92486df514eb327ef35efa7725dd2a7e7 d5081ce9-5f36-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=152223 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/14/4970 1 a0494fed-5f36-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=152222 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0