• Thorax · Oct 2020

    Occupational and environmental risk factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia: case-control study.

    • Michael J Abramson, Tsitsi Murambadoro, Sheikh M Alif, Geza P Benke, Shyamali C Dharmage, Ian Glaspole, Peter Hopkins, Ryan F Hoy, Sonja Klebe, Yuben Moodley, Shuli Rawson, Paul N Reynolds, Rory Wolfe, Tamera J Corte, E Haydn Walters, and Australian IPF Registry.
    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia michael.abramson@monash.edu.
    • Thorax. 2020 Oct 1; 75 (10): 864-869.

    IntroductionIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease of unknown cause characterised by progressive scarring, with limited effective treatment and a median survival of only 2-3 years. Our aim was to identify potential occupational and environmental exposures associated with IPF in Australia.MethodsCases were recruited by the Australian IPF registry. Population-based controls were recruited by random digit dialling, frequency matched on age, sex and state. Participants completed a questionnaire on demographics, smoking, family history, environmental and occupational exposures. Occupational exposure assessment was undertaken with the Finnish Job Exposure Matrix and Australian asbestos JEM. Multivariable logistic regression was used to describe associations with IPF as ORs and 95% CIs, adjusted for age, sex, state and smoking.ResultsWe recruited 503 cases (mean±SD age 71±9 years, 69% male) and 902 controls (71±8 years, 69% male). Ever smoking tobacco was associated with increased risk of IPF: OR 2.20 (95% CI 1.74 to 2.79), but ever using marijuana with reduced risk after adjusting for tobacco: 0.51 (0.33 to 0.78). A family history of pulmonary fibrosis was associated with 12.6-fold (6.52 to 24.2) increased risk of IPF. Occupational exposures to secondhand smoke (OR 2.1; 1.2 to 3.7), respirable dust (OR 1.38; 1.04 to 1.82) and asbestos (OR 1.57; 1.15 to 2.15) were independently associated with increased risk of IPF. However occupational exposures to other specific organic, mineral or metal dusts were not associated with IPF.ConclusionThe burden of IPF could be reduced by intensified tobacco control, occupational dust control measures and elimination of asbestos at work.© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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