Grantee Research Project Results
Final Report: Case-Cohort Study of Styrene Exposure and Ischemic Heart Disease Investigators
EPA Grant Number: R828112C108Subproject: this is subproject number 108 , established and managed by the Center Director under grant R828112
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Center for the Study of Childhood Asthma in the Urban Environment
Center Director: Hansel, Nadia
Title: Case-Cohort Study of Styrene Exposure and Ischemic Heart Disease Investigators
Investigators: Matanoski, Genevieve M
Institution: The Johns Hopkins University
EPA Project Officer: Chung, Serena
Project Period: April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2005
RFA: Health Effects Institute (1996) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Human Health , Air
Objective:
The objective of this research conducted by Drs. Matanoski and Tao was to conduct research designed to follow up on several occupational studies that had indicated a possible relation between styrene exposure and death from ischemic heart disease. For example, in a previous study Matanoski and coworkers reported that while mortality of styrene-exposed workers from atherosclerotic heart disease was less than mortality of the overall US population, it was significantly higher among a subgroup of black workers than would be expected based on general population rates. Although results have not been consistent, other investigators have also found evidence of an association between styrene exposure and heart disease. This study was undertaken to investigate that association further.
Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes):
Investigators examined workers exposed to styrene while working in styrene-butadiene polymer manufacturing plants between 1943 and 1982. Workers who had died from ischemic heart disease were compared to a subgroup of all men employed in two styrene-butadiene polymer manufacturing plants during that time. Individual exposure histories were determined from job records. When exposure data were missing, a statistical method was used to estimate exposure. This method is based on the assumption that exposure concentrations in all jobs in a plant are normally distributed and that processing methods throughout the rubber industry did not change appreciably during the time under consideration.
Conclusions:
Investigators found that the incidence of death from ischemic heart disease was lower in subjects in their study than in the US general population. This discrepancy is often found in such studies because workers tend to be healthier than the general population (the healthy worker effect). However, they also found that a subgroup of nonwhite men had elevated rates of death from chronic ischemic heart disease when compared with the overall US population. Workers who were still employed at the time of death and had worked for more than 5 years had increased risk for death from acute ischemic heart disease. Further analysis suggested that intensity of exposure was a more important risk factor for death from ischemic heart disease than total exposure. Investigators estimated an increased risk of 4% to 8% for each additional part per million of styrene exposure over 1 year. The investigators discuss the study’s implications for the general population. Investigators successfully carried out a difficult occupational cohort study with an appropriate and well-designed approach. The study found associations between styrene exposure and death from acute ischemic heart disease. The lack of correlation between styrene and butadiene exposures rules out the possibility that the findings are related to coexposure to butadiene. However, limitations of the data make it difficult to assess the roles of factors such as diet, smoking, physical activity, blood pressure or type of job within the industry. Although the results are statistically significant, uncertainties regarding the causes of the associations will need to be addressed before extrapolating results to the general population (whose average exposures are several orders of magnitude lower than occupational exposures).
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Journal Articles:
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Particulate matter, air toxics, epidemiology, health effects, ambient air quality, ozone., particulate matter, exposure and effects, ambient air quality, immune response, inhalation toxicology, aerosol particles, human health risk, air pollutants, particulates, respiratory, neurotoxic, exposure, human health, neurotoxicityRelevant Websites:
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Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractMain Center Abstract and Reports:
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R828112C065X An Innovative Approach to Analyzing Multiple Experimental Outcomes: A Case Study of Rats Exposed to Ozone
R828112C065XI The Consequences of Prolonged Inhalation of Ozone on Rats:
An Integrative Summary of the Results of Eight Collaborative Studies
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R828112C067 Detection of FormaldehydeDNA Adducts: Development of New Methods
R828112C068I Comparison of the Carcinogenicity of Diesel Exhaust and Carbon Black in Rat Lungs
R828112C068II An Investigation of DNA Damage in the Lungs of Rats Exposed to Diesel Exhaust
R828112C068III No Evidence For Genetic Mutations Found In Lung Tumors From Rats Exposed To Diesel Exhaust or Carbon Black
R828112C069 Noninvasive Determination of Respiratory Ozone Absorption: The Bolus-Response Method
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R828112C090 A Pilot Study of Potential Biomarkers of Ozone Exposure
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R828112C092 Cancer, Mutations, and Adducts in Rats and Mice Exposed to Butadiene and Its Metabolites
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R828112C094II The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study: Morbidity and Mortality from Air Pollution in the United States
R828112C095 Association of Particulate Matter Components with Daily Mortality and Morbidity in Urban Populations
R828112C096 Acute Pulmonary Effects of Ultrafine Particles in Rats and Mice
R828112C097 Identifying Subgroups of the General Population That May Be Susceptible to Short-Term Increases in Particulate Air Pollution
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R828112C100 Effects of Mexico City Air on Rat Nose
R828112C101 Penetration of Lung Lining and Clearance of Particles Containing Benzo[a]pyrene
R828112C102 Metabolism of Ether Oxygenates Added to Gasoline
R828112C103 Characterization and Mechanisms of Chromosomal Alterations Induced by Benzene in Mice and Humans
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R828112C105 Genetic Differences in Induction of Acute Lung Injury and Inflammation in Mice
R828112C106 Effects on Mice of Exposure to Ozone and Ambient Particle Pollution
R828112C107 Emissions from Diesel and Gasoline Engines Measured in Highway Tunnels
R828112C108 Case-Cohort Study of Styrene Exposure and Ischemic Heart Disease Investigators
R828112C110 Effects of Metals Bound to Particulate Matter on Human Lung Epithelial Cells
R828112C111 Effect of Concentrated Ambient Particulate Matter on Blood Coagulation Parameters in Rats
R828112C112 Health Effects of Acute Exposure to Air Pollution
R828112C113 Benzene Metabolism in Rodents at Doses Relevant to Human Exposure from Urban Air
R828112C114 A Personal Particle Speciation Sampler
R828112C115 Validation and Evaluation of Biomarkers in Workers Exposed to Benzene in China
R828112C116 Biomarkers in Czech Workers Exposed to 1,3-Butadiene: A Transitional Epidemiologic Study
R828112C117 Peroxides and Macrophages in the Toxicity of Fine Particulate Matter in Rats
R828112C118 Controlled Exposures of Healthy and Asthmatic Volunteers to Concentrated Ambient Particles in Metropolitan Los Angeles
R828112C119 Manganese Toxicokinetics at the Blood-Brain Barrier
R828112C120 Effects of Exposure to Concentrated Ambient Particles from Detroit Air on Healthy Rats and Rats with Features of Asthma or Mild Bronchitis
R828112C121 Field Evaluation of Nanofilm Detectors for Measuring Acidic Particles in Indoor and Outdoor Air
R828112C123 Time-Series Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality: A Statistical Review
R828112C126 Effects of Exposure to Ultrafine Carbon Particles in Healthy Subjects and Subjects with Asthma
R828112C128 Neurogenic Responses of Rat Lung to Diesel Exhaust
R828112C130-I Relationships of Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air (RIOPA). Part I. Collection Methods and Descriptive Analyses
R828112C132 An Updated Study of Mortality Among North American Synthetic Rubber Industry Workers
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