Correlates of Pulmonary Function in Urban Police Officers

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Dorn J ; Fekedulegn D ; Hartley T ; Joseph PN ; Mnatsakanova A ; Ochs-Balcom H ; Schunemann H ; Trevisan M ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To characterize the correlates of pulmonary function in urban police officers; an occupational group exposed to increased work-related stressors and environmental risk factors. METHODS: We calculated the percent of predicted values of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1%), forced vital capacity (FVC%), and FEV1%/FVC% in a random sample of police officers (n = 58) in the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) study, and a comparison sample from the Buffalo, New York general population (n = 967; employed, CVD-free). We used simple linear regression to estimate coefficients between pulmonary function measures and potential correlates. RESULTS: Mean values of pulmonary function were: police officers, 41.5 years, FEV1% = 102.2 +/- 12.5, FVC% = 102.5 +/- 13.3; general population, 46.6 years, FEV1% = 100.1 +/- 14.2, FVC% =100.8 +/- 13.5. In simple linear regression models, abdominal height (beta = -0.98), current smoking (beta = -1.97, compared to non-smokers), systolic blood pressure (beta = -0.07) and glucose (beta = -0.28) were associated with lower FEV1% in police. Associations of similar magnitude were obtained for the correlates of pulmonary function in the general population, with the exception of glucose (beta = -0.05). CONCLUSION: While police officers are a unique occupational cohort, the correlates of pulmonary function were similar to the general population sample. Additionally, the 5-fold larger inverse association of glucose level with pulmonary function in police officers may warrant further study. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Emergency Responders Law Enforcement Lung Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Cardiopulmonary-system Cardiovascular-system-disorders Emergency-responders Health-surveys Mathematical-models Occupational-hazards Police-officers Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-system Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Stress Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035967
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2009 Sep; 19(9):673
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d43eb69a09fb6bf24be0b4b06017d2ab407ebe896e6e4d98477d249a8a7d25c2e34a0b7212537deefb2003a88198f98396f7b4fb1908615ab7873c6b7edc7033
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