Twelve Years Spirometric Changes Among Paris Area Workers

F. Kauffmann; D Drouet; J Lellouch; D Brille

doi:10.1093/ije/8.3.201

Abstract

The effects of smoking habits, socio-occupational factors and respiratory symptoms in the development of airflow obstruction have been studied in a working population of 575 men aged 30-54 in 1960 and surveyed in 1960 and 1972. On average, FEV1 decreased by 47 ml/annum. Apart from FEV1 level, which reflects loss since the beginning of adult life, three factors were independently related to FEV1 slope: tobacco consumption, occupational exposure and social class. The decrease of FEV1 with smoking was dose related and decelerated among those who stopped smoking. This follow-up study ruled against phlegm as a causal factor of early stage airflow obstruction, although its role is not excluded at later stages.

Keywords

MedicinePhlegmDemographySpirometryPopulationEnvironmental healthGerontologyInternal medicineAsthmaPathology

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Year: 1979
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 3
Pages: 201-212
Citations: 120
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                                    F. Kauffmann, 
                                
                                    D Drouet, 
                                
                                    J Lellouch
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1979). 
                            Twelve Years Spirometric Changes Among Paris Area Workers. 
                            International Journal of Epidemiology
                            , 8
                            (3)
                            , 201-212.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/8.3.201
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/ije/8.3.201