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Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Danish Population-Based Study

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Figure 1.  Flow chart of the study enrolment population.

Figure 1.  Flow chart of the study enrolment population.

Figure 2.  Occupational exposure in males (n) and females (n) (N = 4717). Vapour, Gas, Dust and/or Fume (VGDF) exposure: Low, “Only having specific low exposure”; Medium, “Having specific medium exposure but no specific high exposure”; and High, “Having any specific high exposure” Organic dust, inorganic dust, fume/gas and vapours occupational exposure means of duration: Low, <5 years in exposed job (excluding no exposure); Medium, 5–14 years in exposed job; and High, ≥15 years in exposed job.

Figure 2.  Occupational exposure in males (n) and females (n) (N = 4717). Vapour, Gas, Dust and/or Fume (VGDF) exposure: Low, “Only having specific low exposure”; Medium, “Having specific medium exposure but no specific high exposure”; and High, “Having any specific high exposure” Organic dust, inorganic dust, fume/gas and vapours occupational exposure means of duration: Low, <5 years in exposed job (excluding no exposure); Medium, 5–14 years in exposed job; and High, ≥15 years in exposed job.

Table 1.  Description of the study population, N = 4717

Table 2.   The study and age-standardised prevalence of COPD by sex and age group (n = 4697)

Table 3.  Comparison of LLN and GOLD methods to define COPD by spirometry in the study population

Table 4.  Occupational and covariates associations to COPD in the population-based study.

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