Journal
RESPIRATORY RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0366-z
Keywords
China; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Prevalence; Occupational and environmental risk factors
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- Industry Foundation of the Ministry of Health of China [201202005]
- Science and Technology Foundation of Guangzhou [2014J4100177]
- Science and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2015B020226002]
- NSFC [81322012, 81373174, 81170896, 81273272, 81470069]
- [NCET-13-0608]
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Background: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is defined as a condition of inflammation in the paranasal sinus mucosa persisting for more than 12 weeks. We previously reported that the prevalence of CRS was about 8 % in China. Here, we aim to investigate the occupational and environmental risk factors associated with CRS. Methods: Data were collected from seven Chinese cities: Urumqi, Changchun, Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Huaian and Guangzhou. CRS was diagnosed according to the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps ((EPOS)-O-3) document. Participants were asked to complete a standardized questionnaire, which was developed by the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA(2)LEN) project and covered sociodemographic characteristics, CRS-related symptoms and occupational and environmental exposures. We evaluated the association between CRS and various occupational and environmental factors using odds ratios (ORs) and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CIs). Results: The total study population consisted of 10,633 subjects, 850 (7.99 %) of whom were defined as having CRS according to the (EPOS)-O-3 criteria. We found that there were significant associations between occupational and environmental factors and CRS. Specifically, having a clearance-related job, occupational exposure to dust, occupational exposure to poisonous gas, a pet at home or carpet at home or at the workplace were risk factors for CRS. Additionally, the method used to keep warm in winter, the duration of time spent using air conditioning in summer and the frequency of exposure to mouldy or damp environments were significantly different in subjects with and without CRS. Conclusions: Our data showed that some occupational and environmental exposures are strongly associated with CRS, which aids in understanding the epidemiology of CRS.
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