Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 7:01:48 GMT
Poor air quality is a consequence of pollution emitted by cars, factories and other industries that emit agents that affect the ozone layer, thus giving you a lower life expectancy.
Among those most affected are women and babies, however, a new study by a scientific team says that adolescents who live in areas with poor air quality may be at greater risk of psychosis.
It has previously been shown that people who live in cities are more likely to have symptoms of psychosis, such as hearing voices and exhibiting paranoid behavior, as well as disorders such as schizophrenia, whose symptoms include psychosis.
In this study that was published in the France Mobile Number List journal JAMA Psychiatry , the authors discovered that adolescents exposed to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and suspended particles of less than 25 microns (PM2.5) have a greater risk of suffering psychosis.
The consistent finding of a combination of NO2 and NOx explained 60 percent of the associations between urbanicity, which is what scientists call the effects of living in a city, and psychosis in adolescents, the researchers said.
It is worth mentioning that the research team studied more than two thousand children who participated in the Longitudinal Study of Environmental Risks in Twins and were interviewed periodically from birth until they turned 18 years old.
They were born between January 1, 1994 and December 4, 1995 in the countries of England and Wales, in the United Kingdom. Of the total subjects studied, 2,063 provided information about psychotic experiences at the age of 18. They were asked questions such as whether they had ever thought that someone was watching them or whether they had heard voices that others did not hear.
The researchers analyzed pollution concentrations in the areas where these young people lived in 2012, as well as two places they visited regularly.
The results showed the following:
623, or 30 percent, of the adolescents had had at least one psychotic experience between the ages of 12 and 18. And those in the top quartile of exposure to all three substances had a higher risk of developing psychosis.
Among those most affected are women and babies, however, a new study by a scientific team says that adolescents who live in areas with poor air quality may be at greater risk of psychosis.
It has previously been shown that people who live in cities are more likely to have symptoms of psychosis, such as hearing voices and exhibiting paranoid behavior, as well as disorders such as schizophrenia, whose symptoms include psychosis.
In this study that was published in the France Mobile Number List journal JAMA Psychiatry , the authors discovered that adolescents exposed to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and suspended particles of less than 25 microns (PM2.5) have a greater risk of suffering psychosis.
The consistent finding of a combination of NO2 and NOx explained 60 percent of the associations between urbanicity, which is what scientists call the effects of living in a city, and psychosis in adolescents, the researchers said.
It is worth mentioning that the research team studied more than two thousand children who participated in the Longitudinal Study of Environmental Risks in Twins and were interviewed periodically from birth until they turned 18 years old.
They were born between January 1, 1994 and December 4, 1995 in the countries of England and Wales, in the United Kingdom. Of the total subjects studied, 2,063 provided information about psychotic experiences at the age of 18. They were asked questions such as whether they had ever thought that someone was watching them or whether they had heard voices that others did not hear.
The researchers analyzed pollution concentrations in the areas where these young people lived in 2012, as well as two places they visited regularly.
The results showed the following:
623, or 30 percent, of the adolescents had had at least one psychotic experience between the ages of 12 and 18. And those in the top quartile of exposure to all three substances had a higher risk of developing psychosis.
