Association of neighborhood deprivation with pulmonary function measures among participants in the Gulf Long-Term Follow-up Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) has been shown to be an important determinant of lung function. Neighborhood level SES factors may increase psychological and physiologic stress and may also reflect other exposures that can adversely affect lung function, but few studies have considered neighborhood factors.

Objective

Our aim was to assess the association between neighborhood-level SES and lung function.

Methods

We cross-sectionally analyzed 6168 spirometry test results from participants in the Gulf long-term Follow-up Study, a large cohort of adults enrolled following the largest maritime oil spill in US history. Outcomes of interest included the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV₁; mL), the forced vital capacity (FVC; mL), and th

SUBMITTER: Lawrence KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578346 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature