Wf. Mcdonnell et al., PROPORTION OF MODERATELY EXERCISING INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING TO LOW-LEVEL, MULTI-HOUR OZONE EXPOSURE, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 152(2), 1995, pp. 589-596
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Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care","Respiratory System
The purpose of this study was to describe the proportion of moderately
exercising individuals experiencing significant respiratory responses
to low-level, multi-hour ozone exposure as a function of ozone concen
tration and exposure duration. Sixty-eight healthy, nonsmoking adults,
ages 18 to 34 yr, underwent two or more 6.6-h exposures to 0.0, 0.08,
0.10, or 0.12 ppm ozone. Five hours of exercise was performed during
exposure, and lung function was measured before exposure and following
each hour of exposure. For each combination of concentration and dura
tion, each individual was determined to either have or not have experi
enced a 10% or greater decrement in FEV(1). A logistic function was us
ed to model the proportion of individuals experiencing such a decremen
t as a function of concentration and exposure duration. Bootstrap 90%
confidence intervals (Cls) were calculated around the predictions. The
model was found to give predictions that were in good agreement with
observed data. The lowest level of exposure (C x T) for which the 90%
Cl excluded zero was approximately 0.2 ppm-h. For exposu re to 0.12 pp
m ozone for 6.6 h, 47% (90% Cl = 30 to 65%) of exposed individuals wer
e predicted to experience a 10% decrement in FEV(1). A greater proport
ion of younger adults than of older adults were found to experience a
given effect for a given exposure.