| Titre : | Educational level and obstructive lung disease given smoking habits and occupational airborne exposure : a Norwegian community study. (1995) |
| Auteurs : | P.S. BAKKE ; A. GULSVIK ; R. HANOA ; Univ Bergen. Dep thoracic medicine. Bergen. NOR |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 141, n° 11, 1995) |
| Pagination : | 1080-1088 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Epidémiologie ; Niveau enseignement ; Homme ; Norvège ; Europe ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Age ; Sexe ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST yR0xcvXT. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The relation of educational level to obstructive lung disease, spirometric airflow limitation, and respiratory symptoms was examined in a two-phase cross-sectional study of a Norwegian general population aged 18-73 years in 1985-1988. The first phase was a questionnaire survey. In the second phase, a stratified sample of those who responded in the first phase was invited to a clinical and respiratory physiologic examination. Altogether, 714 subjects attended, representing 84% of those invited. The prevalences of obstructive lung disease and spirometric airflow limitation were 7.8% and 4.5%, respectively. A total of 18% of the population had completed college, a further 60% had completed secondary school, and 21% had obtained a primary school education alone. The prevalence of both smoking and occupational airborne exposure decreased with increasing educational level. The sex-age-smoking-and occupational exposure-adjusted odds ratio of obstructive lung disease in primary-versus university-educated subjects was 2.9 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3-6.5) ; in secondary-versus university-educated subjects it was 1.4 (95% CI 0.7-2.8). The corresponding values for spirometric airflow limitations were 5.2 (95% CI 2.0-13.4) and 1.8 (95% CI 1.2-2.7). All of the respiratory symptoms except breathlessness grade 2 were significantly associated with educational level after allowing for sex, age, smoking, and occupational airborne exposure. |
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