ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2019
Airflow obstruction among ever-employed U.S. adults aged 18-79 years by industry and occupation: NHANES 2007-2008 to 2011-2012.
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- The Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the US: A Systematic Review of Nationally Representative Health Surveys.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Pooled it
- Work-related respiratory health conditions among construction workers: a systematic narrative review.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Pooled it
- Age-related differences in adherence to inhaled corticosteroids among adult patients with asthma: a national cohort study in South Korea.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Airway Obstruction in Primary Care Patients: Need for Implementing Spirometry Use.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Employment Among Massachusetts Adults.Preventing chronic disease · 2020Article
- Prevalence of spirometry-defined airflow obstruction in never-smoking working US coal miners by pneumoconiosis status.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- The etiologic origins for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2019Review
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Abstract
introductionThis study estimated the prevalence of spirometry-defined airflow obstruction by industry and occupation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among ever-employed U.S. adults.
methodsData came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2008 to 2011-2012, a nationally representative study of the non-institutionalized civilian U.S. POPULATION: Data on respondent's current and/or longest held job were used to create prevalence estimates and adjusted prevalence odds ratios (PORs) for airflow obstruction and COPD.
resultsAmong ever-employed U.S. adults, airflow obstruction prevalence was 12.40% and COPD was 3.47%. High airflow obstruction prevalence and significant PORs were reported in mining; manufacturing; construction; and services to buildings industries as well as extraction; bookbinders, prepress, and printing; installers and repairers; and construction occupations.
conclusionPrevalence of airflow obstruction varies by industry and occupation. Industries and occupations with increased risk were identified using the most current NHANES data including detailed occupations and spirometry.
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