Table 2.
Associations between current/most recent occupation and the prevalence of respiratory health symptoms at ARIC study visit 1, N=15,273.
| 1980 Census Occupation Code |
All Participants No. (col. %) |
Asthma | Chronic Bronchitis | Chronic Cough | Wheeze | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (row. %) | PR (95% CI)1 | No. (col. %) | PR (95% CI)1 | No. (row %) | PR (95% CI)11 | No. (row %) | PR (95% CI)2 | |||
| Total | -- | 15,273 (100.) | 516 (3.4) | 628 (4.1) | 1,475 (9.7) | 1,655 (10.8) | ||||
| Managerial and Administrative Support | 003-037, | 3,863 (25.3) | 115 (3.0) | 1.00 (referent) | 119 (3.1) | 1.00 (referent) | 312 (8.1) | 1.00 (referent) | 394 (10.2) | 1.00 (referent) |
| Occupations | 303-389 | |||||||||
| Professional Specialty Occupations | 043-199 | 2,117 (13.9) | 67 (3.2) | 1.09 (0.81, 1.47) | 45 (2.1) | 0.90 (0.65, 1.26) | 142 (6.7) | 1.04 (0.87, 1.25) | 190 (9.0) | 1.08 (0.92, 1.26) |
| Technical and Sales Occupations | ||||||||||
| Health technology | 203-208 | 162 (1.1) | 7 (4.3) | 1.40 (0.67, 2.95) | 5 (3.1) | 1.18 (0.49, 2.84) | 20 (12.4) | 1.71 (1.13, 2.58) | 11 (6.8) | 0.81 (0.47, 1.38) |
| Sales | 243-285 | 1,322 (8.7) | 29 (2.2) | 0.76 (0.50, 1.13) | 68 (5.1) | 1.55 (1.17, 2.06) | 155 (11.7) | 1.38 (1.17, 1.64) | 160 (12.1) | 1.13 (0.96, 1.33) |
| Other technical and sales occupations | 213-235 | 216 (1.4) | 13 (6.0) | 2.14 (1.23, 3.74) | 8 (3.7) | 1.27 (0.66, 2.43) | 19 (8.8) | 1.20 (0.80, 1.80) | 23 (10.7) | 1.01 (0.69, 1.47) |
| Service Occupations | ||||||||||
| Private household occupations | 403-407 | 686 (4.5) | 23 (3.3) | 1.12 (0.71, 1.77) | 27 (3.9) | 1.29 (0.86, 1.94) | 50 (7.3) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.27) | 52 (7.6) | 0.88 (0.67, 1.15) |
| Protective service | 413-427 | 181 (1.2) | 5 (2.8) | 1.02 (0.42, 2.46) | 5 (2.8) | 0.98 (0.40, 2.39) | 19 (10.5) | 1.39 (0.91, 2.13) | 26 (14.4) | 1.44 (1.00, 2.06) |
| Food preparation and service | 433-444 | 440 (2.9) | 25 (5.7) | 1.96 (1.27, 3.01) | 13 (3.0) | 0.87 (0.50, 1.53) | 37 (8.4) | 1.01 (0.73, 1.39) | 39 (8.9) | 0.85 (0.62, 1.16) |
| Health service | 445-447 | 347 (2.3) | 15 (4.3) | 1.47 (0.86, 2.52) | 14 (4.0) | 1.42 (0.80, 2.51) | 27 (7.8) | 1.03 (0.70, 1.51) | 36 (10.4) | 1.15 (0.84, 1.57) |
| Cleaning and building service | 448-455 | 399 (2.6) | 18 (4.5) | 1.63 (0.99, 2.70) | 24 (6.0) | 1.60 (1.06, 2.40) | 55 (13.8) | 1.55 (1.22, 1.98) | 51 (12.8) | 1.18 (0.92, 1.53) |
| Other service occupations | 456-468 | 281 (1.8) | 12 (4.3) | 1.41 (0.78, 2.56) | 8 (2.9) | 0.97 (0.48, 1.97) | 24 (8.5) | 1.08 (0.74, 1.57) | 25 (8.9) | 0.91 (0.64, 1.31) |
| Farming, Forestry, and Fishing Occupations | 473-476 | 145 (1.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0.56 (0.14, 2.27) | 7 (4.8) | 1.46 (0.69, 3.08) | 15 (10.3) | 1.24 (0.75, 2.05) | 13 (9.0) | 0.87 (0.51, 1.47) |
| Precision Occupations | ||||||||||
| Mechanics and repairers | 503-549 | 483 (3.2) | 24 (5.0) | 1.83 (1.17, 2.85) | 35 (7.3) | 1.75 (1.21, 2.53) | 71 (14.7) | 1.45 (1.15, 1.82) | 63 (13.0) | 1.00 (0.78, 1.28) |
| Construction and extractive trades | 553-617 | 564 (3.7) | 15 (2.7) | 1.03 (0.59, 1.77) | 41 (7.3) | 1.91 (1.34, 2.72) | 81 (14.3) | 1.55 (1.24, 1.93) | 78 (13.8) | 1.27 (1.02, 1.59) |
| Other precision occupations | 633-699 | 545 (3.6) | 16 (2.9) | 1.07 (0.64, 1.80) | 29 (5.3) | 1.57 (1.06, 2.31) | 64 (11.7) | 1.37 (1.07, 1.75) | 72 (13.2) | 1.24 (0.99, 1.56) |
| Machine Operating Occupations | ||||||||||
| Textile, apparel, furnishing machine operators | 738-749 | 175 (1.2) | 8 (4.6) | 1.49 (0.73, 3.01) | 10 (5.7) | 1.78 (0.99, 3.19) | 18 (10.3) | 1.15 (0.76, 1.74) | 24 (13.7) | 1.25 (0.86, 1.82) |
| Machine operators, assorted materials | 753-779 | 369 (2.4) | 12 (3.3) | 1.12 (0.62, 2.00) | 22 (6.0) | 1.58 (1.05, 2.39) | 43 (11.7) | 1.21 (0.92, 1.59) | 38 (10.3) | 0.91 (0.68, 1.21) |
| Hand working occupations | 783-795 | 172 (1.1) | 8 (4.7) | 1.60 (0.79, 3.22) | 12 (7.0) | 1.94 (1.15, 3.25) | 18 (10.5) | 1.15 (0.76, 1.73) | 30 (17.4) | 1.52 (1.11, 2.08) |
| Motor vehicle operation | 803-814 | 469 (3.1) | 17 (3.6) | 1.38 (0.83, 2.29) | 24 (5.1) | 1.36 (0.89, 2.07) | 63 (13.4) | 1.50 (1.18, 1.91) | 57 (12.2) | 1.15 (0.88, 1.49) |
| Transportation, excl. motor vehicle | 823-859 | 155 (1.0) | 4 (2.6) | 0.96 (0.36, 2.60) | 14 (9.0) | 2.20 (1.37, 3.52) | 24 (15.5) | 1.62 (1.14, 2.31) | 18 (11.6) | 1.00 (0.66, 1.53) |
| Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers | 863-889 | 356 (2.3) | 12 (3.4) | 1.27 (0.70, 2.28) | 18 (5.1) | 1.41 (0.88, 2.26) | 38 (10.7) | 1.21 (0.89, 1.64) | 38 (10.7) | 1.00 (0.72, 1.38) |
| Other machine operating occupations | 703-737, 796-799 |
311 (2.0) | 10 (3.2) | 1.08 (0.57, 2.03) | 21 (6.8) | 1.83 (1.19, 2.82) | 42 (13.5) | 1.42 (1.07, 1.88) | 47 (15.1) | 1.29 (0.97, 1.72) |
| Homemaker, no other job reported | -- | 1,515 (9.9) | 59 (3.9) | 1.30 (0.94, 1.81) | 59 (3.9) | 1.33 (0.97, 1.82) | 138 (9.1) | 1.12 (0.92, 1.35) | 170 (11.2) | 1.04 (0.87, 1.23) |
1
Adjusted for age, history of asthma, pack-years, race, sex, smoking status, and study center
2
Adjusted for age, pack-years, race, sex, smoking status, and study center