Table 3 Lung function at follow-up in 2012/2013 in exposed and non-exposed group, and among exposed men who did and did not take part in accident related tasks (ART)
Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-exposed | Exposed | Non-exposed | Exposed | |||
Total | No ART | ART | ||||
Number | 54 | 117 | 88 | 29 | 51 | 81 |
FEV1 | ||||||
crude mean (SD) | 3936 (794) | 3890 (767) | 3881 (735) | 3917 (871) | 2842 (485) | 2935 (580) |
Ad | Ref | −129 | Ref | −46 | Ref | 53 |
95% confidence interval | (−331, 72) | (−225, 317) | (−99, 205) | |||
P | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |||
FEV1% predicteda | ||||||
crude mean (SD) | 93.5 (14.1) | 91.0 (14.8) | 91.8 (14.5) | 88.8 (15.5) | 96.0 (15.4) | 95.4 (13.4) |
Ad | Ref | −2.9 | Ref | −1.4 | Ref | 1.1 |
95% confidence interval | (−7.6, 1.9) | (−7.7, 5.0) | (−4.0, 6.2) | |||
P | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
FVC | ||||||
crude mean (SD) | 5319 (846) | 5286 (874) | 5235 (849) | 5440 (944) | 3709 (579) | 3812 (674) |
Ad | Ref | −137 | Ref | 147 | Ref | 59 |
95% confidence interval | (−375, 100) | (−172, 466) | (−125, 243) | |||
P | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | |||
FVC% predicteda | ||||||
crude mean (SD) | 104.0 (12.6) | 101.7 (14.4) | 101.6 (14.5) | 101.8 (14.4) | 102.5 (14.5) | 101.9 (12.3) |
Ad | Ref | −2.7 | Ref | 1.3 | Ref | 0.6 |
95% confidence interval | (−7.4, 2.0) | (−5.1, 7.6) | (−4.2, 5.5) | |||
P | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |||
FEV1/FVC | ||||||
crude mean (SD) | 73.8 (7.5) | 73.6 (7.7) | 74.2 (7.9) | 71.4 (6.9) | 76.6 (7.1) | 76.9 (6.5) |
Ad | Ref | −0.3 | Ref | −3.0 | Ref | 0.2 |
95% confidence interval | (−2.5, 1.9) | (−6.0, 0.0) | (−2.1, 2.4) | |||
P | 0.9 | 0.046 | 0.8 | |||