A growing role for gender analysis in air pollution epidemiology

Clougherty, Jane E.

doi:10.1590/S1413-81232011000400021

Abstracts

Epidemiologic studies of air pollution effects on respiratory health report significant modification by sex, although results are not uniform. Importantly, it remains unclear whether modifications are attributable to socially derived gendered exposures, to sex-linked physiological differences, or to some interplay thereof. Gender analysis, which aims to disaggregate social from biological differences between males and females, may help to elucidate these possible sources of effect modification. Studies of children suggest stronger effects among boys in early life and among girls in later childhood. The qualitative review describes possible sources of difference in air pollution response between women and men, which may vary by life stage, coexposures, hormonal status, or other factors. The sources of observed effect modifications remain unclear, although gender analytic approaches may help to disentangle gender and sex differences in pollution response. A framework for incorporating gender analysis into environmental epidemiology is offered, along with several potentially useful methods from gender analysis.

Air pollution; Effect modification; Epidemiology; Gender; Sex

Embora sem uniformidade nos resultados, os estudos epidemiológicos dos efeitos da poluição do ar sobre a saúde respiratória relatam variações significativas em função do sexo da pessoa exposta à poluição. Vários estudos sobre adultos relatam efeitos mais severos entre mulheres, particularmente entre as de idade avançada, tais efeitos também estando presentes quando se faz uma avaliação da exposição a um ambiente residencial. Os estudos de crianças sugerem efeitos mais severos na infância de meninos, assim como na pré-adolescência de meninas. A variação na resposta à poluição do ar pode ser uma função quer do estágio vital da pessoa exposta, quer da sua exposição simultânea a fatores diversos, quer do estado hormonal da pessoa em questão ou de outros fatores. As fontes das variações observadas nos efeitos ainda não estão claras, mas as abordagens analíticas relacionadas ao sexo da pessoa exposta poderão ajudar a desemaranhar as diferenças observadas, na resposta à poluição, sujeitas à influência do gênero da pessoa exposta. Apresentamos, aqui, um trabalho estrutural, com o propósito de se passar a incorporar, na epidemiologia ambiental, uma análise em relação ao sexo da pessoa exposta, juntamente com diversos métodos de utilidade potencial a partir da análise relacionada ao sexo da pessoa exposta.

Poluição do ar; Variações nos efeitos; Epidemiologia; Gênero; Sexo

REVIEW REVISÃO

A growing role for gender analysis in air pollution epidemiology

O papel crescente, na epidemiologia da poluição do ar, da análise relacionada ao sexo da pessoa exposta

Jane E. Clougherty

Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health. Landmark Building, 4th Floor West, 401 Park Dr., Boston, MA 02215 USA. jcloughe@hsph.harvard.edu

ABSTRACT

Epidemiologic studies of air pollution effects on respiratory health report significant modification by sex, although results are not uniform. Importantly, it remains unclear whether modifications are attributable to socially derived gendered exposures, to sex-linked physiological differences, or to some interplay thereof. Gender analysis, which aims to disaggregate social from biological differences between males and females, may help to elucidate these possible sources of effect modification. Studies of children suggest stronger effects among boys in early life and among girls in later childhood. The qualitative review describes possible sources of difference in air pollution response between women and men, which may vary by life stage, coexposures, hormonal status, or other factors. The sources of observed effect modifications remain unclear, although gender analytic approaches may help to disentangle gender and sex differences in pollution response. A framework for incorporating gender analysis into environmental epidemiology is offered, along with several potentially useful methods from gender analysis.

Key words: Air pollution, Effect modification, Epidemiology, Gender, Sex

RESUMO

Embora sem uniformidade nos resultados, os estudos epidemiológicos dos efeitos da poluição do ar sobre a saúde respiratória relatam variações significativas em função do sexo da pessoa exposta à poluição. Vários estudos sobre adultos relatam efeitos mais severos entre mulheres, particularmente entre as de idade avançada, tais efeitos também estando presentes quando se faz uma avaliação da exposição a um ambiente residencial. Os estudos de crianças sugerem efeitos mais severos na infância de meninos, assim como na pré-adolescência de meninas. A variação na resposta à poluição do ar pode ser uma função quer do estágio vital da pessoa exposta, quer da sua exposição simultânea a fatores diversos, quer do estado hormonal da pessoa em questão ou de outros fatores. As fontes das variações observadas nos efeitos ainda não estão claras, mas as abordagens analíticas relacionadas ao sexo da pessoa exposta poderão ajudar a desemaranhar as diferenças observadas, na resposta à poluição, sujeitas à influência do gênero da pessoa exposta. Apresentamos, aqui, um trabalho estrutural, com o propósito de se passar a incorporar, na epidemiologia ambiental, uma análise em relação ao sexo da pessoa exposta, juntamente com diversos métodos de utilidade potencial a partir da análise relacionada ao sexo da pessoa exposta.

Palavras-chave: Poluição do ar, Variações nos efeitos, Epidemiologia, Gênero, Sexo

There is growing epidemiologic evidence of differing associations between air pollution and respiratory health for females and males. More studies report stronger effects among women and girls than among men and boys, but the literature is far from consistent. Importantly, it is unknown whether observed modification is attributable primarily to biological differences between men and women, to exposure differences (e.g., workrelated coexposures), or to some interplay thereof. Gender analysis, which aims to disaggregate social and biological differences between men and women (e.g., hormonal status), may help to elucidate this modification, identify key mechanisms, and design more effective interventions.

The distinction between gender (i.e., self-representation, socially derived activities and roles) and sex (i.e., biological differences by chromosomal complement, including reproductive organs and hormonal composition)¹ speaks to the distinction between exposure and susceptibility. Gender analysis is more common in occupational epidemiology^2-5 than in environmental health⁶ because persistent job stratification by sex⁷ has produced marked differences in occupational exposures to chemical agents^8-9, ergonomic demands¹⁰, injury¹¹, and psychosocial stressors^12-15.

Gender, a social construct, includes cultural norms, roles, and behaviors shaped by relations among women and men and among girls and boys¹. Gender, inherently social, varies continuously over multiple dimensions over the life course, whereas sex is normally dichotomous. Gender is shaped at the societal level and varies across nation, culture, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and religion. Gender describes patterns of behavior, place, and role, determining where people spend time and their activities, thereby shaping exposure distributions.

Sex, a biological construct, is based on physiologic differences enabling reproduction, defined by physiologic characteristics (especially reproductive organs) or chromosomal complement¹. Sexlinked traits (e.g., hormonal status, body size) influence biological transport of environmen-tally derived chemicals. Lung size and growth, deposition of fine particles [particulate matter d" 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM_2.5)]^16,17, gas absorption¹⁸, gas-blood barrier permeability¹⁹, airway hyper-responsiveness²⁰, vascular response ²¹, and inflammation^22,23 all differ, on average, by sex.

Sex and gender can be difficult to distinguish in epidemiologic data; they are tightly intertwined, with reciprocal effects. Biological characteristics (e.g., body size) become engendered as occupational and family roles, which are gendered expressions of biology. Likewise, gendered work and caregiving roles, smoking, and alcohol consumption influence muscle mass, adiposity, and chemical body burden - collectively, these are socially derived biological expressions of gender¹.

In this review I present a framework for incorporating gender analysis into air pollution epidemiology, describing pathways through which gender and sex, separately and multiplicatively, may influence pollution response. Current evidence of effect modification in air pollution respiratory epidemiology is summarized, and potentially useful nascent analytic methods from gender analysis are offered.

Gender analysis explores topics far beyond those addressed here, including sexuality and transgender issues. Here I consider only those constructs and tools that may directly inform mean differences between men and women in air pollution epidemiology.

A framework for incorporating gender analysis into environmental epidemiology

Incorporating aspects of gender analysis into the environmental health paradigm (Figure 1) actualizes this distinction between gender and sex. The framework is elucidated by drawing examples broadly from environmental epidemiology, elucidating pathways through which gender and sex may, individually and recursively, shape population exposure and susceptibility.

Concentration to exposure

Gender shapes where people spend time and activity patterns - for example, sports participation, work-related chemical and ergonomic exposures, and use of personal care and cleaning products. Nickel dermatitis and hand eczema are far more prevalent among women than men in Western countries, likely because of chronic exposures from jewelry²⁴. Indoor fossil fuel burning for cooking in developing countries drastically increases kitchen PM_2.5 concentrations^25,26; because women generally perform more cooking in these societies, they suffer elevated respiratory symptoms²⁷, asthma²⁸, chronic bronchitis²⁹, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)³⁰, pneumoconiosis³¹, tuberculosis, lung cancer³², and mortality³³. Accordingly, stove-replacement interventions have effectively reduced exposures and improved women's health in these settings^34,35. Gendered home activities shape exposures to cooking exhaust and cleaning products, behaviors and home characteristics that vary by social class, climate, and culture. Residence-based exposure estimates may better capture exposures among homemakers and thus may be more accurate for women than men in most societies.

Exposure to dose

Sex differences in dermal absorption and lung function^36,37 influence contaminant uptake. Skin metabolizes some xenobiotics, modifying their toxicity³⁸; this characteristic differs by sex and is influenced by gendered dermal exposures (e.g., topical creams, cosmetics, jewelry). Respiratory absorption of airborne gases¹⁸ and gas-blood barrier permeability¹⁹ also differ by sex.

Dose to effective dose

Sex determines the availability of target organs and hormonal systemic regulation. Only in women are pat-terns in ovarian cancer or pregnancy outcomes observable; only in men can testicular cancer patterns be observed. Kinetics and toxicity of chemicals in women's bodies vary across the life course, during menarche, pregnancy, lactation, and menopause^39,40; gastrointestinal cadmium accumulation increases with low iron stores⁴¹, common during pregnancy and among women of reproductive age⁴². Estradiol and testosterone influence transport of environmentally derived chemicals and accumulation in the brain, kidney, liver, and intestines⁴³; mercury retention in kidneys can be three times higher among women than men^44,45. During pregnancy (a sex-linked state), activity and exposure patterns change⁴⁶, and hormonal changes affect toxicant transport throughout the body.

Effective dose to health outcome

Sex-linked biological differences influence disease etiology after organ exposure. Women have more arsenic-induced kidney and bladder cancers than do men in regions with arsenic in drink-ing water, likely because of reduced chemical excretion during pregnancy and lactation⁴⁷. Sex-linked hormonal status alters vascular effects of diesel exhaust²¹. Coexposures from gendered behaviors (e.g., alcohol and tobacco use, cardiovascular exercise) modify the biological fate of environmentally derived chemicals and organ resiliency. Sex and gender effects can interact; sexlinked pregnancy outcomes (observable only among women) are modified by gendered behaviors (e.g., smoking, occupational endocrine disruptors, hairspray exposures)⁴⁸. Gender differences in healthcare seeking and illness behaviors influence the progression of environmentally derived illness.

Current evidence of effect modification by sex in air pollution epidemiology

Search methods

A PubMed⁴⁹ search, performed in July 2009, retrieved all publications in the database identifiable using the terms "respiratory" and "nitrogen dioxide" (or "NO₂") and any of the following terms: "sex" (n=41 citations), "gender" (n=8), "women and men" (or "men and women") (n=243), or "girls and boys" (or vice versa) (n=8). Another search retrieved all publications identifiable using "fine particulate matter" ("PM_2.5") and "respiratory" and any of the following terms: "sex" (n=11), "gender" (n=5),"women and men" (or vice versa) (n=65), or "girls and boys" (or vice versa) (n=2). Only respiratory outcomes were considered (i.e., diagnosed respiratory illness, symptoms, lung function, respiratory mortality), although the findings and models may apply to other outcomes. Papers examining noninhalation pathways were also excluded; thus, effects of prenatal air pollution exposures on infant and child health (which may differentially affect boys) are not considered here.

Of the 383 publications identified, seven review articles were eliminated, along with 30 duplicate citations identified by multiple search criteria, 42 publications not available in English, 50 publications on noninhalation pathways or nonrespiratory outcomes, 13 publications on nonhuman species, and 32 publications not primarily examining air pollution exposures. Abstracts of the remaining 209 publications were reviewed to determine whether effect modification by sex was tested; if the abstract was unclear, the original publication was consulted.

Most publications reported only sex-adjusted effects or examined only one sex. Only 37 unique publications examined air pollution effect modification by sex (summarized in Tables 1 and 2). Given vast differences in analytic methods, outcomes, exposure intensities, and durations - with few studies exploring any combination thereof - meta-analysis was not appropriate. It is beyond the scope of this review to assess the magnitude of effect modification, which varies by study design and out-come measure. Most (not all) of the reviewed publications reported odds ratios or risk ratios, with interactions on the multiplicative scale. Authors also used varying statistical criteria for "significant" interactions (here, p<0.05 unless otherwise stated). Issues in assessment of interactions for epidemiology have been detailed elsewhere⁵⁰.

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The qualitative review documents the widely varying explanations offered to explain observed modifications - as such, only papers in which authors offered such interpretations are included. Accordingly, the results described here, and summarized in Tables 1 and 2, are not exhaustive, but represent effect modification as reported by the authors. Only a few studies took additional analytic steps to examine sources of difference that may account for observed effect modification.

Search results

Because gender differences in behaviors, exposures, or coexposures (e.g., diet, smoking) and biological factors (e.g., hormonal composition) change over the life course, studies are summarized separately for adults and children.

Gender and sex differences in respiratory health effects among adults: studies reporting stronger effects among women

Studies of residential air pollution exposures suggest stronger associations among women. In the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, Kan et al.⁵¹ found that living near a major road predicted lower forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) only among women. The authors pointed to women's greater airway reactivity, citing stronger responses to smoking^52-54, or better accuracy in residential exposure assessment for homemakers (35% of ARIC women vs. 17% of men).

Franklin et al.⁵⁵ studied 130,000 respiratory deaths in 27 U.S. communities, using case-crossover methods and meta-analysis, and found that community air pollution better predicted death among women than among men. The authors proposed sex-differing respiratory anatomy and physiology, or PM deposition patterns.

In a comprehensive study of daily air pollution and respiratory hospitalization among adults and children in Windsor, Ontario, using time-series and case-crossover methods, Luginaah et al.⁵⁶ reported a larger number of significant associations among women, and girls than among men and boys.

Two-day lagged coefficient of haze (COH) exposures predicted increased risks among women. For girls 0-14 years of age, 1- to 2-day lagged NO₂, sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and carbon monoxide (CO) exposures predicted elevated risks. Among males, only 1-day lagged PM₁₀ predicted increased risks among adults. The authors proposed sex-differing biological explanations (e.g., hormonally affected inflammation, smooth muscle and vascular function, lung growth and decline, airway and parenchymal size), citing evidence of sex-differing airway PM_2.5 deposition^16,71 and greater responsivity to tobacco smoke among females^8,72-78. They considered gendered explanations; women are, on average, poorer and may experience greater (or different) psychosocial stressors, perform more household tasks (increasing exposures to viral infection, indoor allergens, combustion exhaust, cleaning solvent, and aeroallergens)⁷⁹, and may differ from men in healthcare seeking and illness management behaviors⁸⁰.

One Chicago cohort studied by Ito and Thurston⁵⁷ showed greater all-cause and respiratory mortality with same- and previous-day PM₁₀among black women than among other sex/race groups. The authors observed that physiologic differences and gender differences in activities, occupation, and class may shape pollution response, noting that race and gender were yet unexplored in environmental epidemiology.

In the Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study, Kan et al.⁵⁸ reported stronger associations between pollutants [PM₁₀ (PM with aerodynamic diameter < 10 µm) SO₂, NO₂, ozone (O₃)] and daily respiratory mortality among women, elderly, and lower socioeconomic status (SES) persons.

The authors offered gendered explanations (e.g., smoking among men may obscure pollution effects; Shanghai women's lower average education may confound gender and SES) and considered biological explanations, including women's smaller airways, greater airway reactivity⁵⁴, and greater deposition of PM_2.5^59,71.

Among 6,824 adults in 10 European countries in the European Community Health Survey 2000-2002(ECRHS I), Sunyer et al.⁶⁰ found that home traffic intensity and outdoor NO₂ better predicted chronic bronchitis among women than among men. The authors also examined occupational exposures, which better predicted out comes among men, separating some gendered activity pattern effects. The authors suggested sexlinked differences in hormonal status, and gender differences in coexposures, disease perception, health care access and use and differing perceptions of environmental quality and symptoms by gender and education.

Sunyer et al.⁵⁹ found that older and female Barcelona adults with COPD showed greater allcause, respiratory, and cardiovascular mortality with same-day black smoke than did younger persons and men. The authors suggested the reasons were a higher prevalence of frail persons among the elderly and women than among men, or biological differences, including inflammatory response (given women's stronger response to smoking^77,78), lung size, and airway diameter influencing PM deposition, respiratory patterns, and airway resistance¹⁰⁰.

Studies reporting stronger effects among men

In the 20-year prospective California Adventists Health Study, Abbey et al.⁶² linked PM₁₀ to reduced lung function (FEV₁/FVC) among nonsmoking males, and decreased FEV₁ among men with parental respiratory illness. Women and never-smoking males displayed increased peak expiratory flow (PEF) lability. Among males, sulfate exposures predicted reduced FEV₁, and O₃ exposures predicted reduced FEV₁ among men with parental respiratory illness. The authors suggested gender differences in work-related exposures or possible stronger healthy worker effects among women. They confirmed that cohort men spent more time outdoors (16.1 hr/week vs. 9.2 hr/week; p < 0.0005) and suggested that outdoor exposures may trigger responses in males with genetic predisposition to respiratory illness.

Galizia and Kinney⁶³ found that, among Yale freshmen, growing up in areas with high (vs. low) O₃ was associated with symptoms and reduced lung function among males but not among females. The authors suggested the gendered explanation that men may accumulate greater O₃exposures through outdoor physical activity.

Studies reporting null or mixed modification

Zeka et al.⁷⁰ found that ambient PM₁₀ was associated with respiratory and all-cause mortality across 20 U.S. cities, using case-crossover analysis. Although modification was nonsignificant, the authors posited that sex, race, and age may indicate SES, increasing susceptibility through lesser health care access, poorer nutrition, greater stress or violence exposures, or increasing actual exposures through residential proximity to high-ways or occupational coexposures. Finally, they suggest sex-linked biological differences in PM deposition.

In a 13-year follow-up of Krakow adults, Jedrychowski and Krzyzanowski⁶⁸ found that residence in higher sulfate areas better predicted FEV₁decrements among men than among women. Among women, SO₂ and PM correlated with symptoms; the authors suggested that women's greater average spent time near home produced better accuracy in exposure assessment.

Gender and sex differences in respiratory health effects among children

Disentangling gender and sex effects in air pollution-health associations among children may be more complicated, because lung function growth rates (critical periods for pollution effects) differ by sex¹⁰¹. Most air pollution epidemiology studies among children examine chronic exposures, although outcomes considered vary widely, including lung function growth, wheeze, asthma onset and exacerbation, and symptoms.

Studies reporting stronger effects among girls

Using baseline cross-sectional results from the Southern California Children's Health Study (CHS) of children in grades 4, 7, and 10 in 12 communities, Peters et al.⁸⁴ reported that air pollutants (PM, PM, acid vapor, NO, O) were more strongly inversely associated with lung function among girls than among boys. The authors suggested gender differences in time outdoors and play activities, and sex differences in growth rates, hormonal factors, and respiratory mechanisms. Using longitudinal CHS analyses, Gauderman et al.⁹³ found deficits in FEV₁ growth from 10 to 18 years of age associated with community NO₂, PM_2.5, and acid vapor not significantly differing by sex. McConnell et al.¹⁰² reported higher asthma risk with out-door sports participation in higher O₃ areas in the CHS cohort, especially among girls, and suggested that higher ventilation during play may increase exposures.

In a U.S. study, Neas et al.¹⁰³ reported stronger associations between home indoor NO₂ and respiratory symptoms among girls than among boys 7-11 years of age. The authors cited reports of stronger effects among girls, including a British study linking gas stove use to symptoms among girls¹⁰⁴, a paper reporting FEV₇₅(75th percentile) decrements of 1.1% among girls 9-13 years of age but slight increases among boys¹⁰⁵, and a British study linking kitchen NO₂ and gas stoves to greater reductions in PEF and forced expiratory flow between 25th and 75th percentile (FEF) among girls¹⁰⁶.

Among Dutch children 7-12 years of age, Brunekreef et al.⁸¹ found that truck traffic and black smoke at schools were associated with lung function reductions only among girls, and van Vliet et al.⁸⁸ found that residential distance from freeway, truck traffic density, and school black smoke measures better predicted chronic respiratory symptoms among girls than among boys, after accounting for SES and home exposures. In both studies, the authors contrast their results with evidence of stronger passive smoke effects among boys. However, these studies examine in utero exposures and noninhalation pathways^107,108, and suggest that, because boys exhibit more symptoms overall, air pollution effects may be obscured by other respiratory "noise"⁸³.

Among 673 adults and 106 children in Haarlem, the Netherlands, Oosterlee et al.⁶⁹ reported significant associations between living along busy (vs. quiet) streets and asthma or dyspnea only among girls. They suggested that boys' higher total respiratory symptoms may mask pollution effects, and considered gendered factors (e.g., passive smoking, activity patterns, coexposures) in their analysis.

In Oslo, Norway, Oftedal et al.⁸² found that lifetime residential NO₂, PM₁₀, and PMamong 9- and 10-year-old children was associated with lower PEF, more strongly among girls,only slightly attenuated by SES adjustment. The authors suggested biological explanations (e.g., girls experience growth spurts earlier, captured within this follow-up, or hormonal status may alter girls' responses) and suggested unmeasured SES-related confounders (e.g., gendered sports -participation).

In a case-control study in Stockholm, Pershagen et al.⁸³ reported significant associations between outdoor home NO₂ and gas stove use on wheezing bronchitis only among girls, despite boys' higher wheezing prevalence. Outdoor NO₂, gas stove use, and smoking conferred multiplicative risks in girls but not in boys, after SES adjustment. The authors reported consistency with prior studies, indicated that results were unlikely due to selection bias or misclassification, and acknowledged a need for activity data to explore gender differences.

Rosenlund et al.⁸⁶ found associations between chronic residential NO₂ exposure and lung function to be stronger among Roman girls than boys 9-14 years of age; mean FEV₁ and FEF_25-75 decrements were approximately four times greater in girls than boys, corroborating other studies^{82,83,103,108-112}. The authors indicated complexities in comparing childhood cohorts differing by age, pubertal status, pollution mixtures, study designs, and susceptibilities and noted that the consistency of results across Europe reporting stronger air pollution effects among girls, meriting further investigation.

Studies reporting stronger effects among boys

In the Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Childhood Asthma (TRAPCA) study, Gehring et al.⁹⁰ reported stronger associations between residential PM_2.5and symptoms (e.g., cough without infection, cough at night) among boys than among girls 0-2 years of age. The authors suggested that differences in total symptoms, masking pollution effects, were important or that, given sex differences in lung development, infant girls have larger airways relative to body size and lesser airway resistance.

In a prospective cohort study of annual mean total suspended particle (TSP) and SO₂ exposures among preadolescent children in Krakow, Poland, Jedrychowski et al.⁹¹ reported stronger associations with FVC and FEV₁ among boys than among girls. The authors noted sex-differing lung growth rates, producing different critical periods for pollution effects.

Studies reporting null or mixed effect modification

In a 3-year prospective study of children in Mexico City, Mexico, Rojas-Martinez et al.⁸⁵ associated elevated PM₁₀, NO₂, and O₃ with reduced lung func-tion among boys and girls. Interquartile range increases in NO₂ predicted FEV₁ declines in girls, whereas increases in PM₁₀ predicted FEV₁ declines among boys. Elevated O₃ predicted FEV₁ decreases three times larger among girls than among boys, unexplained by SES. The authors compared these findings with CHS results on sex-differing lung function growth and suggested higher O₃ exposures among children spending time outdoors^102,113.

In Toronto (Ontario, Canada), respiratory hospitalizations were significantly associated with PM_2.5-10 among boys and girls, with PM₁₀ among boys, and with NO₂ among girls⁹⁵. The authors proposed sex-linked explanations: boys have smaller airways relative to lung volume and differ in smooth muscle, vascular function, and hormonal status.

Discussion

Among adults, evidence of effect modification by sex remains uncertain; studies of older adults and those using residential exposure estimates suggest stronger effects among women. The range of plausible explanations is very broad, including sexlinked biological factors related to lung volume, deposition, reactivity, and hormonal influences on chemical transport and systemic regulation. Gendered explanations include confounding or modification by smoking behaviors, job-related chemical exposures, differential accuracy in residencebased exposure assignment, exposures to indoor allergens and cleaning agents, and differing exposure and response to psychosocial stressors. Refined distinction between sex and gender may elucidate these associations.

Studies of younger children suggest stron-ger associations among boys; older childhood cohorts suggest the opposite. Age-related trends may be linked to sex-differing lung function growth rates¹¹⁴ and differences in airway function at birth, which suggest lower respiratory volumes and greater airway resistance among boys¹¹⁵. At older ages, gendered activities may also shape pollution response.

Gender, sex, and multiple exposures

Environmental exposures are complex. Traffic-related air pollution includes gaseous species and PM from combustion, tire and brake wear, resuspended roadway dusts, and salts¹¹⁶. Pollution exposures occur in multiplicity, and polluted neighborhoods often also suffer poverty, crime, and lower access to health-related resources¹¹⁷. In workplaces, chemical exposures co-vary with heat, noise, and strain, acting recursively and synergistically on work-ers' health¹¹⁸. Gender analysis fits into environmental health under this multiple exposures framework. There is growing interest in pollution effect modification by SES^119,120 and chronic stress^117,121-123. Likewise, SES is a complex mix of social and physical stressors accumulating over the life course¹²⁴, shaping health and susceptibility. Behavioral and physiologic responses to SES and stressors may vary by gender¹²⁵; women, on average, may respond more strongly to interpersonal stressors¹²⁶ and experi-ence different physiologic sequelae^22,127,128. Women's behavioral responses may emphasize social support, caregiving, and child tending¹²⁹, whereas better known "fight-or-flight" responses emphasize sympathetic-adrenal-medullary enervation and activities linked to traditionally male roles^129,130. Stress may be a gendered factor (i.e., exposures differ by gender) and a sex-differing factor as well, if physiologic responses to stress differ (e.g., sex-differing epinephrine responses). If stress modifies pollution response, then understanding gendered stress responses is likely important for accurately characterizing gendered pollution responses.

Research from social geography may help to better elucidate gendered spatial and behavioral exposure patterns. Gendered use of space and exposure patterns in urban communities is evident in the example of fear of violence. One large U.S. survey reported that 26% of women "never" leave home after dark (vs. 9% of men), 51% "always" bring friends for protection (vs. 4% of men), and 71% consider safety when parking (vs. 33% of men)¹³¹. Strong gender differences in perceived safety shape activity and exercise patterns; parents' greater restriction of girls' geographic range in U.S. cities shapes exposure paradigms, exercise, experience, and developmental opportunity¹³². Better understanding the gendered environ-ment can improve exposure assessment, bet-ter isolate biological responses, and provide a model for examining other social effect modi-fiers¹³³.

Analytic approaches for disentangling effects of gender and sex

Because gender and sex are tightly intertwined, their effects can be difficult to distinguish in epidemiologic data. "Gender" and "sex" have commonly been conflated in epidemiologic research¹. Most important, careful use of language distinguishing these constructs will enable researchers to better describe and understand sources of difference in exposure-health relationships. Methodology for gender analysis is an evolving field, although the methods described here may help to disentangle some effects of sex and gender and may merit further exploration in environmental epidemiology.

Reporting sex-stratified results is more informative than is adjustment for sex² and can identify associations differing broadly between males and females. However, sex stratification often confounds tightly correlated gender and sex effects, obscuring true sources of difference. Preferably, researchers may stratify data separately by multiple sex- and gender- associated factors (e.g., body size, working outside the home, time spent on household tasks) to elucidate sources of difference. Most epidemiologic data sets are not adequately powered to perform multiple stratifications simultaneously, so these multiple stratifications usually need be performed separately. Stratification variables should reflect timeactivity patterns or meaningful biological factors, rather than stereotypical attributes, to identify true factors relevant to the cohort under study.

Population-specific exposure modeling may improve culturally and behaviorally specific exposure assessment, clarifying gendered exposure differences. Residential exposure metrics may be more accurate for women, who spend more time near home on average, espe-cially when caring for children or other family members^134-137. Residential activities may require microenvironmental exposure assessment¹³⁸, because gendered activities (e.g., cooking, cleaning, lawn care) produce different exposure patterns. Exposure measurement may benefit from gendered exposure measurement, comparison of gendered activities across communities¹³⁹, or foci on temporal exposure characteristics (e.g., diurnal trends in residential exposures and activities, critical lifecourse periods related to hormonal composition or roles)¹³⁴. Assignment of gendered exposures broadly to sex-stratified groups, however, should be generally avoided, because this practice obscures sources of variability between men and women, further confounding sex effects in subsequent epidemiologic analyses.

Temporally refined exposure assessment may elucidate gendered activity distributions. Recent approaches include probabilistic modeling of personal exposures¹⁴⁰. Techniques from the social sciences may be useful; the experience sampling method¹⁴¹ uses cell phones or pagers to prompt individuals throughout the day to record their location, activities, and well-being. The technique improves upon diary entries, which suffer recall bias, and allows more detail in activity reports (e.g., cleaning activity with duration and product name) with contemporaneous physiological or psychological conditions that may modify effects. Aggregated, the data pro-vide population-specific activity distributions and capture mean daily activity and exposure differences between men and women.

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling may help to distinguish sex differences in dermal absorption, body size, and toxicity^2,142 from gendered exposures. PBPK models may facilitate analysis of biological processes across multiple life stages (e.g., infancy, childhood, puberty, adulthood) and, among women, by reproductive cycle and hormonal status (e.g., menarche, pregnancy, lactation, menopause). Better understanding of sex and life-stage aspects of bodily chemical transport may help to elucidate differences in effective dose or chemical interactions in the body.

Propensity analysis incorporates predictive modeling for both exposures and responses, enabling researchers to predict subjects' propensity (likelihood) of exposure, given preexposure characteristics and population exposure distributions. Researchers can then examine health responses among individuals with comparable exposure likelihoods, using propensity matching or propensity stratification¹⁴³. For example, sex-stratified propensity models can estimate effects of education, work history, SES, family structure, and home demands on exposure assignment (e.g., job, neighborhood of residence) for men and women. Then researchers can better observe health responses by sex, reasonably isolating effects of mean biological differences from those of gendered exposure assignment. One recent occupational study examined blue-collar status and hypertension among employees of a large U.S. manufacturing company¹⁴⁴. Family structure influenced exposure (job) assignment for men and women; single mothers were more likely to be blue-collar workers than were other women. Men with partners and children were more likely to be white-collar workers than were other men. Blue-collar status increased risks solely among women predicted to be blue collar, suggesting interaction effects between SES (which predicted job assignment) and on-the-job exposures.

Finally, researchers have proposed variants of multilevel modeling¹⁴⁵ to disaggregate variability between and within the sexes. Researchers may differentiate sex-linked biological effects (e.g., target organs, hormonal composition), which can differ substantially between men and women, from gendered exposures, which generally display more variability among men and women. The technique may be applicable, however, only to illnesses directly involving biological parameters (e.g., sex organs, hormonal composition) which differ strongly by sex. A different method for employing multilevel modeling stems from the societal-level construction of gender, whereas sex is an individual-level biological construct. Examining men's and women's exposure and disease patterns across and within societies that vary in measures of gender equity (e.g., income disparities, female education, reproductive rights) may offer important clues toward understanding root causes of exposure and susceptibility differences¹⁴⁶.

Conclusions

Studies suggest that health responses to air pollution may differ between women and men and between girls and boys. It remains unclear, however, whether observed modification is a result of sex-linked biological differences (e.g., hormonal complement, body size) or gender differences in activity patterns, coexposures, or exposure measurement accuracy. Most modification likely consists of some combination of these two factors (exposure patterns and biological response); disentangling these effects is challenging yet necessary toward fully understanding the relevant pathways for differential air pollution effects on health.

Because gender varies by state and society, designing effective localized health interventions requires clarity about these distinct sources of difference (gender and sex), with an aim of improving population health. Careful consideration of gender and sex effects and exploration of nascent methods for quantitative gender analysis may help to elucidate sources of difference. More broadly, exploring the role for gender analysis in environmental epidemiology may provide a model for exploring other social factors that can shape population responses to air pollution.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to N. Krieger, M. Perry, J. Dennerlein, J. Levy, and C. Katz for helpful suggestions in the early development of the manuscript and to N. Jeffrey and M. Simons for reviewing the manuscript. The author declares she has no competing-financial interests.

Received 17 May 2009

Accepted 16 October 2009

* This article was originally published by Environ Health Perspect 118:167176 (2010). doi:10.1289/ ehp.0900994 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [Online 16 October 2009] and is part of the scientific collaboration between Cien Saude Colet and EHP.

Address correspondence to J.E. Clougherty

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