Table 4 Associations between occupation and adjusted mean annual change in FEV1 and FVC
| Â | Men (N = 3,949) | Women (N = 5,018) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. (%) | FEV1, in mL1 | FVC, in mL1 | No. (%) | FEV1, in mL1 | FVC, in mL1 |
Managerial and Administrative Support Occupations | 1,082 (27.4) | 0.00 (referent) | 0.00 (referent) | 1,392 (27.7) | 0.00 (referent) | 0.00 (referent) |
Professional Specialty Occupations | 633 (16.0) | -2.66 (-9.33, 4.01) | 1.69 (-6.88, 10.25) | 774 (15.4) | 0.64 (-3.82, 5.09) | -1.68 (-7.78, 4.41) |
Technical and Sales Occupations Service Occupations | 577 (14.6) | -1.50 (-8.36, 5.37) | -1.69 (-10.51, 7.12) | 458 (9.1) | -0.86 (-6.11, 4.40) | -7.08 (-14.26, 0.11) |
Private household occupations | 2 (0.1) | -14.80 (-108.99, 79.39) | -45.21 (-166.1, 75.68) | 415 (8.3) | -2.67 (-8.31, 2.98) | -2.92 (-10.64, 4.80) |
Protective service | 68 (1.7) | 7.02 (-9.71, 23.74) | 16.29 (-5.18, 37.76) | 22 (0.4) | 18.32 (-2.60, 39.24) | 9.8 (-18.83, 38.43) |
Food preparation and service | 23 (0.6) | -25.04 (-53.39, 3.31) | -37.99 (-74.37, -1.60) | 203 (4.1) | 1.08 (-6.36, 8.53) | -1.39 (-11.58, 8.80) |
Health service | 13 (0.3) | -16.61 (-53.99, 20.77) | -11.24 (-59.22, 36.74) | 189 (3.8) | 1.37 (-6.35, 9.09) | -0.79 (-11.35, 9.77) |
Cleaning and building service | 89 (2.3) | 14.43 (-0.51, 29.36) | 22.96 (3.79, 42.12) | 99 (2.0) | 4.34 (-5.94, 14.61) | 8.33 (-5.74, 22.39) |
Other service occupations | 27 (0.7) | 16.64 (-9.39, 42.68) | 12.39 (-21.03, 45.80) | 137 (2.7) | 0.04 (-8.71, 8.80) | 1.44 (-10.54, 13.42) |
Farming, Forestry, and Fishing Occupations | 79 (2.0) | 8.54 (-7.14, 24.23) | -0.34 (-20.47, 19.79) | 15 (0.3) | 16.35 (-8.91, 41.61) | 15.65 (-18.92, 50.22) |
Precision Occupations | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mechanics and repairers | 238 (6.0) | -2.11 (-11.68, 7.47) | 1.61 (-10.69, 13.90) | 12 (0.2) | -2.72 (-30.95, 25.52) | 8.44 (-30.21, 47.08) |
Construction and extractive trades | 275 (7.0) | 0.62 (-8.43, 9.66) | -3.41 (-15.02, 8.20) | 7 (0.1) | 23.08 (-13.82, 59.99) | -20.08 (-70.59, 30.42) |
Other precision occupations | 219 (5.6) | -7.16 (-17.06, 2.74) | -4.69 (-17.39, 8.02) | 78 (1.6) | 4.71 (-6.63, 16.06) | 12.15 (-3.37, 27.68) |
Machine Operating Occupations | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Textile, apparel, furnishing machine operators | 8 (0.2) | -25.17 (-72.50, 22.17) | -75.31 (-136.06, -14.55) | 85 (1.7) | 5.37 (-5.58, 16.32) | 0.08 (-14.91, 15.06) |
Machine operators, assorted materials | 101 (2.6) | 6.73 (-7.28, 20.75) | 8.76 (-9.23, 26.75) | 91 (1.8) | -9.47 (-20.05, 1.10) | -8.70 (-23.18, 5.77) |
Hand working occupations | 41 (1.0) | -22.38 (-43.58, -1.18) | -26.11 (-53.32, 1.10) | 52 (1.0) | -3.92 (-17.67, 9.83) | -9.78 (-28.60, 9.05) |
Motor vehicle operation | 196 (5.0) | -1.40 (-11.88, 9.08) | -6.14 (-19.59, 7.32) | 25 (0.5) | 4.98 (-14.72, 24.68) | -0.17 (-27.13, 26.79) |
Transportation, excl. motor vehicle | 78 (2.0) | -2.66 (-18.33, 13.00) | 3.11 (-17.00, 23.21) | 5 (0.1) | 18.38 (-25.38, 62.13) | 13.78 (-46.11, 73.67) |
Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers | 109 (2.8) | -3.19 (-16.7, 10.32) | -1.18 (-18.52, 16.16) | 62 (1.2) | -5.93 (-18.56, 6.70) | -2.10 (-19.39, 15.19) |
Other machine operating occupations | 85 (2.2) | 4.22 (-10.86, 19.30) | 7.8 (-11.56, 27.16) | 79 (1.6) | -1.43 (-12.75, 9.89) | -12.44 (-27.93, 3.05) |
Homemaker, no other job reported | 6 (0.2) | -25.84 (-80.58, 28.90) | 28.89 (-41.37, 99.16) | 818 (16.3) | 0.08 (-4.43, 4.59) | 0.71 (-5.47, 6.88) |