Occupational cold exposure in relation to incident airway symptoms in northern Sweden: a prospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT: To determine if occupational exposure to cold environments is associated with incident airway symptoms in previously healthy workers. A prospective, survey-based, closed-cohort study was conducted on a sample of 5017 men and women between 18 and 70 years of age, living in northern Sweden. Data on occupation, occupational and leisure-time cold exposure, airway symptoms, general health, and tobacco habits were collected during the winters of 2015 (baseline) and 2021 (follow-up). Stepwise multiple logistic regression was used to determine associations between baseline variables and incident airway symptoms. For individuals working at baseline, without physician-diagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, reporting any occupational cold exposure was associated with incident whee

SUBMITTER: Stjernbrandt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9630183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature