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Levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were estimated at subject residences at the time of recruitment. We used Cox regression to associate physical activities and NO2 (high\/medium\/low) with asthma and COPD, and then introduced an interaction term between each physical activity and NO2.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements and Main Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1,151 subjects were hospitalized for asthma and 3,225 for COPD during 16 years. We found inverse associations of participation in sports (hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.85 [0.75\u20130.96]) and cycling (0.85 [0.75\u20130.96]) with incident asthma, and of participation in sports (0.82 [0.77\u20130.89]), cycling (0.81 [0.76\u20130.87]), gardening (0.88 [0.81\u20130.94]), and walking (0.85 [0.75\u20130.95]) with incident COPD admissions. We found positive associations between NO2 and incident asthma (1.23 [1.04\u20131.47]) and COPD (1.15 [1.03\u20131.27]) hospitalizations (comparing \u226521.0 \u03bcg\/m3 to &amp;lt;14.3 \u03bcg\/m3). We found no interaction between associations of any physical activity and NO2 on incident asthma or COPD hospitalizations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Increased exposure to air pollution during exercise does not outweigh beneficial effects of physical activity on the risk of asthma and COPD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.201510-2036oc","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,21]],"date-time":"2016-09-21T16:28:55Z","timestamp":1474475335000},"page":"855-865","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":106,"title":["Physical Activity, Air Pollution, and the Risk of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"194","author":[{"given":"Jack E.","family":"Fisher","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Epidemiology 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