Dose-Response Relationship between Environmental Exposure to Nickel and Pulmonary Function in the Korean General Population Aged 40 or Older.

ABSTRACT: Nickel is a well-known skin allergen; however, few studies to date have investigated the association between nickel exposure and lung function impairment. The present study, therefore, evaluated the relationship between blood nickel concentrations and lung function profiles in the Korean general population (n = 1,098). Dose-response relationships between blood nickel quartiles and pulmonary function were assessed by sex in multivariate models, after adjustment for potentially confounding factors such as age, height, and smoking status. Quartiles of blood nickel concentrations were significantly associated with markers of pulmonary function in Korean men, such as forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and forced expiratory flow 25-75% (FEF25-75%). Relative to the first quartile, the es

SUBMITTER: Joh JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297347 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature