Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Analyses of Lung Function in Steelworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Banks DE ; Gunel E ; Hankinson, John L. ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; McCabe L ; Shamssain MH ; Wang, Mei Lin ; Banks DE ; Gunel E ; Hankinson, John L. ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; McCabe L ; Shamssain MH ; Wang, Mei Lin
• Description:
  Lung function in steelworkers was examined in a longitudinal and cross sectional analysis. The medical records of 1,171 employees were randomly chosen and reviewed for spirometry data as well as for demographic data; in all, the records of 475 steelworkers who had at least three spirometry tests between 1982 and 1991 were studied. The group included 451 white men and 24 black men. A relationship was found between smoking, aging, being overweight, excessive weight gain, and dust exposure with a lower level and a steeper slope of decline of pulmonary function. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), and FEV1/FVC% displayed a loss of baseline due to dust exposure of 9.3 milliliters (ml), 6.4ml and 0.1% per year of employment in a dusty area. However, the association between dust exposure and longitudinal decline of lung function was weak. There was a strong relationship between weight gain and longitudinal decline of FEV1 and FVC. A FEV1 decline of 4.7ml per pound per year and a FVC loss of 6.3ml was due to weight gain. The authors suggest that weight gain is an important factor for longitudinal lung function decline. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Dust Epidemiology Lung Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Body-weight Dust-exposure Humans Lung-function NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement NIOSH-Publication Occupational-exposure Pulmonary-function-tests Pulmonary-system-disorders
• ISSN:
  1073-449X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  153
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00234440
• Citation:
  Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996 Jun; 153(6):1907-1913
• Contact Point Address:
  Mei-lin Wang, M.D., Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 26506-9166
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  Center to Protect Workers' Rights
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19900928
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
• End Date:
  19970515
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cc89fe3d6fa80ff27ff3dec7106e694f4422dfdbecdf1d31f56e700f196a256c7fc13e5b20e2dbbc2b42d6af5543c4b9dd71be00f628f68175b1bbe7ec93b78d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197717/cdc_197717_DS1.pdf
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