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ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2018

A cross-sectional study on the pulmonary function of residents in two urban areas with different PM

Si Woo Park, Byoung Gwon Kim, Jung Woo Kim, Jung Woo Park, Jung Il Kim

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Article in Annals of occupational and environmental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Si Woo ParkDepartment of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.
Byoung Gwon KimDepartment of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1762-6320
Jung Woo KimDepartment of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.
Jung Woo ParkDepartment of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.
Jung Il KimDepartment of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea.

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backgroundThe present study aims to compare the pulmonary function of residents of Seoul special city (Seoul) and Jeju special self-governing province including Jeju city and Seogwipo city (Jeju), characterized by vastly different annual average airborne particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less ≤10 μm (PM

methodsThis cross-sectional study analyzed the pulmonary function test results and sociodemographic data of Korean adults ≥19 years of age derived from the 4th KNHANES, 2007-2009. A total of 830 individuals residing in Seoul or Jeju were included in this study. T-tests were used to analyze predicted values of forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1p), predicted values of forced vital capacity (FVCp) and FEV1/FVC ratio (FEV1/FVC), as dependent variables, to examine the differences in the subjects' pulmonary function according to the city of residence. Stratified analysis was then performed to adjust for variables potentially affecting pulmonary function. The analysis was performed on subjects as a group and also following stratification according to sex and other variables.

resultsSeoul residents had a significantly lower FVCp than that of the Jeju residents (difference: 3.48%,

conclusionThe present analysis was based on cross-sectional data collected at one point in time. Therefore, unlike longitudinal studies, it does not establish a clear causal association between the variables. Nevertheless, this study found that pulmonary function among subjects residing in Seoul was significantly decreased compared to that of subjects residing in Jeju.

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Airborne particulate matterCross-sectional studyKNHANESPulmonary function test

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PMCPMC6048902

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