ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2010
Chronic lung function decline in cotton textile workers: roles of historical and recent exposures to endotoxin.
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- Proteomic biomarkers of long-term lung function decline in textile workers: a 35-year longitudinal study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- House Dust Endotoxin Association with Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema.Environmental health perspectives · 2018Article
- Predictors and respiratory depositions of airborne endotoxin in homes using biomass fuels and LPG gas for cooking.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2017Article
- Occupational exposure to textile dust increases the risk of rheumatoid arthritis: results from a Malaysian population-based case-control study.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2016Article
- Healthy worker survivor analysis in an occupational cohort study of Dutch agricultural workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015Article
- Decreased FEV1 % in asthmatic adults in Scottish homes with high Environmental Relative Moldiness Index values.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015Article
- Longitudinal pulmonary functional loss in cotton textile workers: a 5-year follow-up study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2013Article
- Cotton dust, endotoxin and cancer mortality among the Shanghai textile workers cohort: a 30-year analysis.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2013Article
- Differential inflammatory response to inhaled lipopolysaccharide targeted either to the airways or the alveoli in man.PloS one · 2012Article
- Respiratory problems among cotton textile workers.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
- Effect of wearing cotton towel Ihram and plain Ihram on lung function among Hajj Pilgrims.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLong-term occupational exposure to cotton dust that contains endotoxin is associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and excessive decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), but the mechanisms of endotoxin-related chronic airflow obstruction remain unclear.
objectiveIn the current study, we examined temporal aspects of the exposure-response relationship between airborne endotoxin exposure, longitudinal change in FEV1, and respiratory symptoms in a cohort of Chinese cotton textile workers.
methodsThis prospective cohort study followed 447 cotton textile workers from 1981 to 2006. at approximately 5-year intervals. We used a generalized estimating equations approach to model FEV1 level and respiratory symptoms as a function of past exposure (cumulative exposure up to the start of the most recent 5-year survey interval) and cumulative exposure (within the most recent interval) to endotoxins, after adjusting for other covariates. Models were stratified by active versus retired work status and by years employed before the baseline survey (< 5 and > or = 5 years). RESULTS AND
conclusionsPast exposure to endotoxin was associated with reduced FEV1 level among retired cotton workers. Among all cotton workers, past exposure was more strongly associated with reduced FEV1 for those hired < 5 years before baseline than for those who were hired > or = 5 years after baseline. Recent endotoxin exposure was significantly associated with byssinosis, chronic bronchitis, and chronic cough.
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