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ArticleBMC public health2018

Exposure to cooking oil fumes and chronic bronchitis in nonsmoking women aged 40 years and over: a health-care based study.

Huang-Chi Chen, Chia-Fang Wu, Inn-Wen Chong, Ming-Tsang Wu

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Article in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huang-Chi ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chia-Fang WuDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Inn-Wen ChongDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ming-Tsang WuDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 960021@ms.kmuh.org.tw.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TWKaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital · TW

Funding

Kaohsiung Medical University KMU-TP104A00Kaohsiung Medical University KMU-TP104A07Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST104-2314-B-037-012-MY2National Health Research Institutes NHRI-EX102-10209PI
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle is known about the effect of exposure to cooking oil fumes (COFs) on the development of non-malignant respiratory diseases in nonsmoking women. This study investigated the relationship between exposure to COFs and chronic bronchitis in female Taiwanese non-smokers.

methodsSearching the 1999 claims and registration records maintained by Taiwan's National Health Insurance Program, we identified 1846 women aged 40 years or older diagnosed as having chronic bronchitis (ICD-9 code: 491) at least twice in 1999 as potential study cases and 4624 women who had no diagnosis of chronic bronchitis the same year as potential study controls. We visited randomly selected women from each group in their homes, interviewed to collect related data including cooking habits and kitchen characteristics, and them a spirometry to collect FEV1 and FVC data between 2000 and 2009.

resultsAfter the exclusion of thirty smokers, the women were classified those with chronic bronchitis (n = 53), probable chronic bronchitis (n = 285), and no pulmonary disease (n = 306) based on physician diagnosis and American Thoracic Society criteria. Women who had cooked ≥ 21 times per week between the ages of 20 and 40 years old had a 4.73-fold higher risk of chronic bronchitis than those cooking < 14 times per week (95% CI = 1.65-13.53). Perceived kitchen smokiness was significantly associated with decreased FEV1 (- 137 ml, p = 0.021) and FEV1/FVC ratio (- 7.67%, p = 0.008).

conclusionsExposure to COF may exacerbate the progression of chronic bronchitis in nonsmoking women.

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CookingOilsAdultAgedAir Pollution, IndoorBronchitis, ChronicDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNational Health ProgramsSmokingSpirometryTaiwanOilsChronic bronchitisCooking oil fumesNonsmoking womenPulmonary function test

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PMID29439699
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