Respiratory Cancer and Non-Malignant Respiratory Disease-Related Mortality among Older Construction Workers-Findings from the Health and Retirement Study

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Occup Med Health Aff
• Personal Author:
  Wang, Xuanwen ; Dong, Xiuwen Sue ; Welch, Laura ; Largay, Julie
• Description:
  Objective
  
  This study explored the risk of respiratory cancer and non-malignant respiratory disease (NMRD)-related mortality among older construction workers.
  
  Methods
  
  Analyzed data from the 1992–2010 RAND Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the HRS National Death Index – Cause of Death file. About 25,183 workers aged 50 years and older were examined, including 5,447 decedents and 19,736 survivors, of which 1,460 reported their longest job was in construction. Multinomial logistic regression assessed the differences in mortality between workers’ longest occupations, controlling for confounders.
  
  Results
  
  After adjusting for smoking and demographics, construction workers were almost twice as likely to die from respiratory cancer (OR = 1.65; CI: 1.10–2.47) or NMRD (OR = 1.73; CI: 1.16–2.58) compared to white-collar workers.
  
  Conclusions
  
  This study adds to the growing evidence that respiratory cancer and NMRD are frequently associated with construction exposure.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Construction Workers Mortality Non-malignant Respiratory Disease Respiratory Cancer Smoking
• Source:
  Occup Med Health Aff. 4.
• Pubmed ID:
  27500180
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4975376
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U60 OH009762/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1446f74c8b14c4842914b5f1e0e552a5f72e20e14bdc4d4275b9c84150d36a80
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40736/cdc_40736_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 126.10 KB ]