ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2020
Decreased handgrip strength can predict lung function impairment in male workers: a cross sectional study.
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- Personality associations with lung function and dyspnea: Evidence from six studies.Respiratory medicine · 2023Pooled it
- The prevalence of small airways disease and association with handgrip strength in young Hispanic farmworkers.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Article
- Gender Difference in the Relationship between Extrapulmonary Factors and Reduced Lung Function in Early Adulthood.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The interaction effect of grip strength and lung function (especially FVC) on cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study in Jiangsu Province, China.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSpirometry is useful for evaluating respiratory health status and predicting health-related outcomes. As spirometry requires skilled technician and takes time, it is useful to find simple way for predicting lung function impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate which tests could predict lung function impairment among workers.
methodsThis prospective study included workers of manufacturing industry who underwent health check-ups in 2017. Subjects underwent the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment test (CAT), spirometry, and physical fitness assessments, including handgrip strength (HGS). Lung function impairment was defined as a decline in any of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), or a FEV1/FVC ratio less than the lower limit of normal (LLN).
resultsComplete data on 475 workers (366 men, 50.4% ever smokers) were available. Lung function impairment was observed in 99 subjects (64 men). Men with lung function impairment had significantly higher rate of ever-smoking, passive smoking at home in childhood, high CAT scores, and decreased HGS, compared with those without. On multivariate analyses, ever-smoking (odds ratio [OR], 2.50; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 1.25-4.97), passive smoking at home in childhood (OR, 2.71; 95% CI, 1.16-6.32), CAT scores (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01-1.12), and HGS (OR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.57-0.92) were independently associated with lung function impairment in men.
conclusionsEver-smoking, passive smoking at home in childhood, high CAT scores, and decreased HGS are significantly associated with lung function impairment in men.
trial registrationRegistration number: UMIN000028011. Date of registration: July 1, 2017.
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