Relevance of Household Chemical Usage to Respiratory Diseases in Older Adults in China.

Yongbin ZHU; Renzhang LIANG; Lining PU; Huihui WANG; Xiaoxue HE; Degong PAN; Xue ZHANG; Yueping WU; Yanrong WANG; Liping SHI; Yue YANG; Jiangping LI

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Relevance of Household Chemical Usage to Respiratory Diseases in Older Adults in China.

Author: Yongbin ZHU ¹ ; Renzhang LIANG ² ; Lining PU ¹ ; Huihui WANG ¹ ; Xiaoxue HE ¹ ; Degong PAN ¹ ; Xue ZHANG ¹ ; Yueping WU ¹ ; Yanrong WANG ¹ ; Liping SHI ¹ ; Yue YANG ¹ ; Jiangping LI ³
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1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of public health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China.
2. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Peking University First Hospital Ningxia Women and Children's Hospital (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Maternal and Child Health Hospital, China), Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China.
3. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of public health, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China;Key Laboratory of Environmental Factors and Chronic Disease Control, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, Ningxia, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: CLHLS; Oil removers; Older adults; Repellents; Respiratory disease
MeSH: Humans; China/epidemiology*; Aged; Male; Female; Respiratory Tract Diseases/chemically induced*; Aged, 80 and over; Household Products/adverse effects*; Prevalence
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2024;37(12):1373-1384
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the association between household chemical use and respiratory disease (RD) in older Chinese adults.
METHODS:The data were from the 2018 China Longitudinal Health and Longevity Survey (CLHLS) database, which included 12,866 participants aged ≥ 65 years. The prevalence of RD was based on self-reported medical history, and patients were divided into diseased and non-diseased groups. The frequency of household chemical usage was divided into four categories, and a total score for eight household chemical usage categories was constructed. Binary logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between the frequency of household chemical use and RD, and a restricted cubic spline was used to determine the dose-response association.
RESULT:After adjusting for all covariates, regular use of repellents [odds ratios ( OR) = 1.28, 95% CI 1.06-1.55] and oil removers ( OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.03-1.58) were associated with RD. There was a dose-response association between the total score of household chemicals usage and RD risk ( P non-linearity > 0.05, P for trend < 0.01). Using patients with the total score below 9 as a reference, the OR for patients with the total score ranging from 25 to 32 is 2.33 (95% CI 1.25-4.09).
CONCLUSION:Regular use of repellents and oil removers increased the risk of RD, and the dose-dependent relationship was also observed.