Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program (1984-1990): Linear Regression Analysis for Effect of Asbestos Exposure on Pulmonary Function Testing

From: Military Medicine | Date: August 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

This study examined records from the Navy Asbestos Medical Surveillance Program for 1984 through 1990 for Caucasian men (N = 129,598) using a population-based, cross-sectional, linear regression model. Continuous dependent variables were forced expiratory volume in l s and forced vital capacity (FVC), and continuous independent variables were age, height, weight, and tobacco use. A mid-period estimate of asbestos exposure was used because those values were reported as categorical variables. With asbestos exposure, forced expiratory volume in 1 s changed -3.2 cm^sup 3^/year (t = -8.6, p = ...

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