%0 Journal Article %A Doulatram-Gamgaram, Viyey %A Valdés, Sergio %A Maldonado-Araque, Cristina %A Lago-Sampedro, Ana %A Badía-Guillén, Rocío %A García-Escobar, Eva %A García-Serrano, Sara %A García-Vivanco, Marta %A Garrido, Juan Luis %A Theobald, Mark Richard %A Gil, Victoria %A Martín-Llorente, Fernando %A Calle-Pascual, Alfonso %A Bordiu, Elena %A Castaño, Luis %A Delgado, Elías %A Franch-Nadal, Josep %A Chaves, F Javier %A Montanya, Eduard %A Galán-García, José Luis %A Aguilera-Venegas, Gabriel %A Soriguer, Federico %A Rojo-Martínez, Gemma %T Association between long term exposure to particulate matter and incident hypertension in Spain. %D 2021 %U https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24453 %X Exposure to air particulate matter has been linked with hypertension and blood pressure levels. The metabolic risks of air pollution could vary according to the specific characteristics of each area, and has not been sufficiently evaluated in Spain. We analyzed 1103 individuals, participants in a Spanish nationwide population based cohort study (di@bet.es), who were free of hypertension at baseline (2008-2010) and completed a follow-up exam of the cohort (2016-2017). Cohort participants were assigned air pollution concentrations for particulate matter  %~