A pilot respiratory health assessment of nail technicians: Symptoms, lung function, and airway inflammation
| Autor: | Barbara A. MacKenzie, Deborah L. Sammons, Susan Reutman, Belinda C. Johnson, Shirley A. Robertson, James E. Lockey, John C. Clark, Christine A. Toennis, Amy M. Rohs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Pilot Projects Nitric Oxide Beauty Culture Young Adult Nail technician Internal medicine Humans Medicine Respiratory system Occupational Health Lung function Asthma business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Airway inflammation medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Breath Tests Nails Artificial nails Spirometry Multivariate Analysis Exhaled nitric oxide Nail (anatomy) Female business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 52:868-875 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0274 0271-3586 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ajim.20751 |
| Popis: | Background Recent surveys suggest nail technicians, particularly artificial nail applicators, have increased respiratory symptoms and asthma risk. Methods We examined lung function (n = 62) and a marker of airway inflammation, i.e., exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) (n = 43), in a subset of nail technician and control participants in a pilot health assessment. Results Bivariate analysis of technicians demonstrated that job latency was inversely correlated with FEV1 percent predicted (FEV1PP) (r = −0.34, P = 0.03) and FVCPP (r = −0.32, P = 0.05). Acrylic gel contact hours were inversely correlated with FEV1PP (r = −0.38, P = 0.02) and FVCPP (r = −0.47, P = 0.003). Current smoking was inversely and significantly (P ≤ 0.05) associated with ENO in bivariate analysis. Log 10 ENO levels were directly correlated with job latency (P = 0.012) and gel nail application (P = 0.026) in multivariable analyses. Conclusions These positive pilot respiratory test results warrant additional future investigation. Am. J. Ind. Med. 52:868–875, 2009. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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