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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 62579 |
| CIS number |
94-1232 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-0805 - American Review of Respiratory Disease |
| Year |
1993 |
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| Author(s) |
Senthilselvan A., Chen Y., Dosman J.A. |
| Title |
Predictors of asthma and wheezing in adults - Grain farming, sex, and smoking |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1993, Vol.148, No.3, p.667-670. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
Predictors for asthma and wheeze were investigated in 1,634 subjects in the 20-65 age group from a Saskatchewan (Canada) town. Subjects were classified as asthmatic (n=62), wheezing (n=444), asymptomatic (n=908), or symptomatic (n=220). After excluding the symptomatic group, it was found that significant predictors for asthma were grain farming (odds ratio (OR)=1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1-3.5; p=0.03) and sex (OR=1.9, CI: 1.1-3.2; p=0.03; males compared with females). Significant predictors for wheezing were smoking (former smoker: OR=1.8, CI: 1.3-2.5, p<0.001; current smoker: OR=5.0, CI: 3.8-6.7, p<0.001; in comparison to non-smoker) and grain farming (OR=1.7, CI: 1.3-2.4, p<0.001). Age, level of education, and physical activity at work were not significant predictors for asthma or wheezing. Grain farming was a significant predictor of asthma in men but not in women. Nevertheless, smoking and grain farming were significant predictors of wheezing in both sexes. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
cereal farming; smoking; occupation disease relation; prediction; grain dust; risk factors; sex-linked differences; asthma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada; epidemiologic study; Saskatchewan |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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