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Airflow obstruction attributable to work in industry and occupation among U.S. race/ethnic groups: a study of NHANES III data.
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American journal of industrial medicine [Am J Ind Med] 2004 Aug; Vol. 46 (2), pp. 126-35. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Objectives: To estimate the fraction of airflow obstruction attributable to workplace exposure by U.S. race/ethnic group.<br />Methods: U.S. population-based third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data on 4,086 Caucasians, 2,774 African-Americans, and 2,568 Mexican-Americans, aged 30-75, were studied. Airflow obstruction was defined as FEV1/FVC<75% and FEV1<80% predicted. Weighted prevalence, and prevalence odds ratios (OR) adjusted for the effect of age, smoking status, pack-years, body mass index, education, and socio-economic status were estimated using SUDAAN software.<br />Results: Industries with the most cases of airflow obstruction attributable to workplace exposure include: armed forces; rubber, plastics, and leather manufacturing; utilities; textile mill manufacturing; health care; food products manufacturing; sales; construction; and agriculture. The fraction of cases with airflow obstruction associated with work in industry varied by race/ethnic group and was estimated as 22.2% (95% CI 9.1-33.4) among Caucasians, 23.4% (95% CI 2.2-40.0) among African-Americans, and 49.6% (32.1-62.6) among Mexican-Americans.<br />Conclusions: This study found differences in the fraction of airflow obstruction cases associated with employment pattern among major U.S. race/ethnic population groups.
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- Adult
Aged
Humans
Middle Aged
Occupations statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Spectrophotometry, Atomic
United States epidemiology
Black or African American statistics & numerical data
Mexican Americans statistics & numerical data
Occupational Diseases ethnology
Occupational Exposure statistics & numerical data
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive ethnology
White People statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0271-3586
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of industrial medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15273964
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20042