Annual decline in forced expiratory volume is steeper in aluminum potroom workers than in workers without exposure to potroom fumes
| Autor: | Mohammed Abbas Virji, Paul K. Henneberger, Gunnar Einvik, Berit Bakke, Vidar Søyseth, Johny Kongerud |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology
Spirometry Adult Lung Diseases Male Vital capacity mixed model Vital Capacity Air Pollutants Occupational smoking 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Forced Expiratory Volume Occupational Exposure medicine Humans Lung volumes potroom exposure Prospective Studies Lung Lung function Research Articles COPD medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Norway Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health longitudinal study lung function Middle Aged medicine.disease 030210 environmental & occupational health Occupational Diseases 030228 respiratory system aluminum Metallurgy Female Occupational exposure business Demography Research Article |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1097-0274 0271-3586 |
| Popis: | Background Aluminum potroom exposure is associated with increased mortality of COPD but the association between potroom exposure and annual decline in lung function is unknown. We have measured lung volumes annually using spirometry from 1986 to 1996. The objective was to compare annual decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (dFEV1) and forced vital capacity (dFVC). Methods The number of aluminum potroom workers was 4,546 (81% males) and the number of workers in the reference group was 651 (76% males). The number of spirometries in the index group and the references were 24,060 and 2,243, respectively. Results After adjustment for confounders, the difference in dFEV1 and dFVC between the index and reference groups were 13.5 (P |
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