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We aimed to investigate the association between long-term air pollution exposure and COPD symptoms\/diagnosis in an Italian epidemiological study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 14\u2009420 adults living in Ancona, Pavia, Pisa, Sassari, Turin and Verona were investigated in 2005\u20132011. Data on risk factors and health outcomes were collected by questionnaires; mean annual concentrations of particulate matters (PM) like PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>and PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>as well as NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>and mean summer concentrations of O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>(\u00b5g\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>) at residential level with a 1\u2009km resolution (period 2013\u20132015) were obtained by machine learning techniques. The relationship of pollutant exposure and COPD prevalence was assessed by logistic regression models (single pollutant) and principal component logistic regression models (multipollutant) adjusting for sex, age, education level, smoking habits, season of interview, and city-specific climatic index and including a random intercept for cohorts.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 10 \u00b5g\/m<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>increase of PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>, PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>and NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>exposure was related to COPD diagnosis and symptoms (OR 1.31, 95%\u2009CI 1.03 to 1.65 for PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>; OR 1.26, 95%\u2009CI 1.03 to 1.54 for PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>and OR 1.07, 95%\u2009CI 1.00 to 1.15 for NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) using a multipollutant approach. Similar results emerged for dyspnoea (OR 1.24, 95%\u2009CI 1.05 to 1.47 for PM<jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>; OR 1.21, 95%\u2009CI 1.05 to 1.39 for PM<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>and OR 1.06, 95%\u2009CI 1.01 to 1.11 for NO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>). Associations between COPD symptoms and summer O<jats:sub>3<\/jats:sub>were less clear. By multipollutant models, OR estimates were lower than those by single pollutant models.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Further evidence about the relationship between air pollution and respiratory effects in Italian adults was provided indicating PM as the main driver.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/oemed-2024-109650","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,17]],"date-time":"2025-02-17T18:20:24Z","timestamp":1739816424000},"page":"21-27","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Relationship of long-term air pollution exposure with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Italian multicentre observational study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"82","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6363-8544","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sara","family":"Maio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Salvatore","family":"Fasola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Marcon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Angino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandra","family":"Baldacci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Beatrice","family":"Bil\u00f2","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2471-6594","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roberto","family":"Bono","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro Giuseppe","family":"Fois","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefania","family":"La Grutta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pierpaolo","family":"Marchetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Sarno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0655-7550","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giulia","family":"Squillacioti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ilaria","family":"Stanisci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pietro","family":"Pirina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sofia","family":"Tagliaferro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Verlato","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simona","family":"Villani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claudio","family":"Gariazzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Massimo","family":"Stafoggia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Viegi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025030501200701000_82.1.21.1","unstructured":"World Health Organization . 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