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ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2025

Prevalence of Reduced Mid-Expiratory Flow Among Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program Participants.

Laura Kurth, Noemi B Hall, Brian Ansell, A Scott Laney, David J Blackley

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Laura KurthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4335-1700
Noemi B HallCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6710-2015
Brian AnsellCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
A Scott LaneyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
David J BlackleyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Surveillance Branch, Respiratory Health Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

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All authors are employees of the Federal Government, and all work was performed as part of their official duties. There was no outside sources of funding for the work that resulted in the article or the preparation of the article.Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
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Abstract

backgroundSmall airways disease is a risk factor for the development of obstructive lung disease and may be present among coal miners without obstructive ventilatory impairment. Our study estimated the prevalence of reduced spirometric mid-expiratory flow among coal miners without obstructive ventilatory impairment.

methodsData were from coal miners participating in the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) during 2014-2022 with forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) meeting quality criteria and no missing spirometry parameter values. We defined low forced expiratory flow at 25%-75% (FEF

resultsThe prevalence of FEF

conclusionsAmong miners without obstructive ventilatory impairment, reduced mid-expiratory flow was more prevalent in older miners with longer tenure, specifically retired miners. From a surveillance perspective, reduced spirometric mid-expiratory flow can be an early indicator of more serious health problems in coal miners, including obstructive lung disease.

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AnthracosisCoal MiningOccupational DiseasesAdultAgedFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceSpirometryUnited StatesVital Capacitycoal minersobstructionsmall airways diseasespirometric mid‐expiratory flowspirometry

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PMID40890081
PMCPMC13492172

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