Respiratory symptoms and lung function in taxi drivers and manual workers
| Autor: | Abdulbari Bener, James Gomes, J A Brebner, Mohammed Sami Atta, Mohammed Y. Cheema, Fatih Ozkaragoz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Allergy
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Immunology Plant Science Normal values medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases FEV1/FVC ratio Relative risk Internal medicine Physical therapy Immunology and Allergy Medicine Respiratory system business Prospective cohort study Lung function Asthma |
| Zdroj: | Aerobiologia. 13:11-15 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3025 0393-5965 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02694785 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study, was to determine the prevalence of some respiratory symptoms and possible diseases among taxi drivers and manual workers. This prospective study was performed on 165 Pakistani male drivers, (mean age: 34.5±7.8 years) and 165 Pakistani male manual workers not exposed to dust or fumes, without occupational exposure to driving employed in the Water and Electricity Department and recruited as controls (mean age: 34.6±7.6 years and mean height and weight 169.8±6.0 cm and 71.9±10.9 kg). The data on chronic respiratory symptoms showed that taxi drivers had higher prevalence of symptoms than manual workers, being significantly greater for asthma (RR=1.72; 95% CI=1.00–2.88,P=0.037); allergic rhinitis (RR=2.41; 95% CI=1.46–3.94,P=0.0006); dyspnea (RR=2.13; 95% CI=1.22–3.71,P=0.009); and nasal catarrh (RR=2.19; 95% CI=1.22–3.91,P=0.0106). Thirty percent of taxi drivers and 27% of manual workers were smokers, there was no significant differences in the prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms between smokers and non-smokers. Lung function parameters in the taxi drivers were significantly lower than in manual workers group (P |
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