文章基本信息

标题：Fifteen Year Follow-Up Study of VC and FEV1 in Dust-Exposed Workers
本地全文：下载
作者：Meiko TAGUCHI ; Yoshiharu AIZAWA ; Masato NIITSUYA 等
期刊名称：Industrial Health
印刷版ISSN：0019-8366
电子版ISSN：1880-8026
出版年度：2001
卷号：39
期号：2
页码：211-219
DOI：10.2486/indhealth.39.211
出版社：National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
摘要：A baseline survey of 3457 male workers exposed to various forms of dust from 11 medical facilities throughout Japan was carried out in 1978 or 1979. We completed the present follow-up study 15 years later on 693 of the men. Vital capacity (VC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV₁) were analyzed as indices of lung function. We examined factors that affected both baseline and interval changes in VC and FEV₁ by stepwise multiple regression analysis. In the cross-sectional data analysis of baseline, height, profusion rate (PR) and age were selected as predictor variables for VC and FEV₁, additionally duration of working for FEV₁. It indicated that baseline VC decreased by 84.0 ml with each increase in PR classification. Similarly, baseline FEV₁ decreased by 146.6 ml with increasing PR. Baseline VC and FEV₁ were both positively influenced by subject height. In the longitudinal analysis, baseline PR, age and smoking habits were selected for predictor variables for decline of VC and FEV₁. It indicated a negative influence of baseline PR classification on VC and FEV₁ changes (−5.0 and −7.5 ml/y, respectively). Smoking decreased VC and FEV₁ by 6.1 and 5.8 ml/y, respectively.
关键词：Occupational dust exposure;Pneumoconiosis;Vital capacity;Forced expiratory volume in one second;Longitudinal study