ArticleCOPD2014
Occupational risk factors for COPD phenotypes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study.
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- The Effect of Fire Smoke Exposure on Firefighters' Lung Function: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Occupational COPD and job exposure matrices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Pooled it
- Occupational exposure and chronic bronchitis in a sample of the general population in Telemark, Norway: a two-phased cross-sectional study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Airway Tree Caliber and Susceptibility to Pollution-associated Emphysema: MESA Air and Lung Studies.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024Article
- Structural and social determinants of health: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.PloS one · 2024Article
- The association of forced expiratory volume in one second with occupational exposures in a longitudinal study of adults in a rural community in Iowa.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023Article
- Chronic rhinosinusitis associated with chronic bronchitis in a five-year follow-up: the Telemark study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- COPD in Smoking and Non-Smoking Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Dust and Fumes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Chronic productive cough and inhalant occupational exposure-a study of the general population.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
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- The Occupational Burden of Nonmalignant Respiratory Diseases. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2019Review
- Occupational exposure and airflow obstruction and self-reported COPD among ever-employed US adults using a COPD-job exposure matrix.American journal of industrial medicine · 2019Article
- Prevalence and predictors of airflow obstruction in an HIV tertiary care clinic in Montreal, Canada: a cross-sectional study.HIV medicine · 2019Article
- Airflow obstruction among ever-employed U.S. adults aged 18-79 years by industry and occupation: NHANES 2007-2008 to 2011-2012.American journal of industrial medicine · 2019Article
- Air pollution and subclinical interstitial lung disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) air-lung study.The European respiratory journal · 2017Observational
- Occupational Exposure to Vapor-Gas, Dust, and Fumes in a Cohort of Rural Adults in Iowa Compared with a Cohort of Urban Adults.Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries (Washington, D.C. : 2002) · 2017Article
- Prevalence and burden of chronic bronchitis symptoms: results from the BOLD study.The European respiratory journal · 2017Article
- Occupational Exposures and Subclinical Interstitial Lung Disease. The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Air and Lung Studies.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2017Article
- Occupational exposures and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): comparison of a COPD-specific job exposure matrix and expert-evaluated occupational exposures.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThe contribution of occupational exposure to the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD in population-based studies is of interest. We compared the performance of self-reported exposure to a newly developed JEM in exposure-response evaluation.
methodsWe used cross-sectional data from Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a population-based sample of 45-84 year olds free of clinical cardiovascular disease at baseline. MESA ascertained the most recent job and employment, and the MESA Lung Study measured spirometry, and occupational exposures for 3686 participants. Associations between health outcomes (spirometry defined airflow limitation and Medical Research Council-defined chronic bronchitis) and occupational exposure [self-reported occupational exposure to vapor-gas, dust, or fumes (VGDF), severity of exposure, and a job-exposure matrix (JEM)-derived score] were evaluated using logistic regression models adjusted for non-occupational risk factors.
resultsThe prevalence of airflow limitation was associated with self-reported exposure to vapor-gas (OR 2.6, 95%CI 1.1-2.3), severity of VGDF exposure (P-trend < 0.01), and JEM dust exposure (OR 2.4, 95%CI 1.1-5.0), and with organic dust exposure in females; these associations were generally of greater magnitude among never smokers. The prevalence of chronic bronchitis and wheeze was associated with exposure to VGDF. The association between airflow limitation and the combined effect of smoking and VGDF exposure showed an increasing trend. Self-reported vapor-gas, dust, fumes, years and severity of exposure were associated with increased prevalence of chronic bronchitis and wheeze (P < 0.001).
conclusionsAirflow limitation was associated with self-reported VGDF exposure, its severity, and JEM-ascertained dust exposure in smokers and never-smokers in this multiethnic study.
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