Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and the Risk of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases in Rural Chinese Populations: 10-Year Follow-Up of a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study

Yaqi Zhao   ^{1, 2 *} , BS ;   Xuefang Cao   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Jiang Du   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Aiwei He   ³ , BD ;   Jun Liang   ⁴ , MD ;   Weitao Duan   ⁵ , BS ;   Yuanzhi Di   ^{1, 2} , BS ;   Yijun He   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Boxuan Feng   ^{1, 2} , BS ;   Linyu Shen   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Juanjuan Huang   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Zihan Li   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Jianguo Liang   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Hongzhi Li   ⁶ , MD ;   Zisen Liu   ⁵ , BS ;   Fang Liu   ³ , BD ;   Shumin Yang   ³ , MPH ;   Zuhui Xu   ⁴ , MPH ;   Bin Zhang   ⁵ , BS ;   Jiaoxia Yan   ⁵ , BS ;   Yanchun Liang   ⁷ , BD ;   Rong Liu   ⁸ , BD ;   Fei Shen   ⁶ , MD ;   Qi Jin   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Henan Xin   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Lei Gao   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, National Institute of Pathogen Biology, and Center for Tuberculosis Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

² Key Laboratory of Pathogen Infection Prevention and Control (Ministry of Education), National Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

³ Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Department, Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou, China

⁴ Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Department, Hunan Provincial Institute of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Changsha, Human, China

⁵ Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Department, Zhongmu County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhongmu, China

⁶ Zhengzhou Sixth People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

⁷ Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Department, Longxi County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Longxi, China

⁸ Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Department, Xiangtan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xiangtan, China

*these authors contributed equally