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A large scale cross-sectional study involving DES sufferers and age- and education-matched control groups without DES was designed. Based on the municipality of residence, the predicted concentration levels of various air pollutants, including PM2.5, sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were estimated by using hybrid kriging\/LUR model. Multiple logistic regressions were applied to estimate the prevalence ratios (PR) of DES and 95% confidence interval. Hormone supplementations, DBP, allergies, and arthritis were considered as important comorbidities for increased PR risk of DES. In addition, with each standard deviation (SD) increment of PM2.5 and temperature, women had significant increases in PRs of DES of 1.09- and 1.07-fold, respectively; conversely, each SD increment of relative humidity (RH) had a protective effect against the risk of DES. After considering hormone supplementation, arthritis, and allergy, the SD increment of NO2 and temperature were associated with the PRs of DES. In conclusion, significant associations of ambient NO2 concentration, RH and temperature with DES indicated the importance of increased environmental protection in the female population. Female exposure to high levels of NO2 when receiving hormone supplementation, or suffering with allergies or arthritis, had significantly increased risk of DES.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18136860","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,27]],"date-time":"2021-06-27T22:24:57Z","timestamp":1624832697000},"page":"6860","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Exposure to Ambient NO2 Increases the Risk of Dry Eye Syndrome in Females: An 11-Year Population-Based Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9673-2430","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chi-Jung","family":"Chung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 406333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9398-1316","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ning-Yi","family":"Hsia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 406333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9720-7937","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chih-Da","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701001, Taiwan"},{"name":"National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350401, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ting-Ju","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jein-Wen","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Food and Beverage Management, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833301, Taiwan"},{"name":"Center for Environmental Toxin and Emerging-Contaminant Research, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833301, Taiwan"},{"name":"Super Micro Mass Research and Technology Center, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung 833301, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hui-Tsung","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung 406040, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4470","DOI":"10.2174\/1381612822666160614012634","article-title":"Dry Eye Disease: Present Challenges in the Management and Future Trends","volume":"22","author":"Zimmerman","year":"2016","journal-title":"Curr. 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