Jennifer S Rous, Peter S J Lees, Kirsten Koehler, Jessie P Buckley, Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá, MeiLan K Han, Eric A Hoffman, Wassim Labaki, R Graham Barr, Stephen P Peters, Robert Paine, Cheryl Pirozzi, Christopher B Cooper, Mark T Dransfield, Alejandro P Comellas, Richard E Kanner, M Bradley Drummond, Nirupama Putcha, Nadia N Hansel, Laura M Paulin
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether aggregate measures of occupational exposures are associated with COPD outcomes in the SubPopulations and InteRmediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study cohort. METHODS: Individuals were assigned to six predetermined exposure hazard categories based on self-reported employment history. Multivariable regression, adjusted for age, gender, race, current smoking status, and smoking pack-years determined the association of such exposures to odds of COPD and morbidity measures...
March 27, 2023: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine