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Exhaled nitric oxide in spray painters exposed to isocyanates: effect modification by atopy and smoking.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Isocyanate asthma is one of the most frequently identified forms of occupational asthma in industrialised countries. The underlying mechanisms have not been clarified. There is only limited information about the relationship between exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) and occupational exposure to isocyanates and asthma.
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the association between isocyanate exposure and eNO levels in isocyanate-exposed workers and to elucidate whether eNO acts as a marker of airway inflammation controlling for smoking and atopy in an industry-wide survey.
METHODS:
Information on estimated personal isocyanate exposure, measured eNO levels, health effects and sensitisation were analysed in 229 workers from a cross-sectional study. Univariate and multiple regression analyses were used to explore the exposure-response relationships between isocyanate exposure and eNO, stratified by smoking and atopy.
RESULTS:
A marginally significant exposure-response relationship was found between isocyanate exposure and eNO in atopic, non-smokers (p=0.054). eNO was significantly associated with atopy and smoking, bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR), work-related conjunctivitis and rhinitis after adjustment for age, gender, atopy and smoking (p<0.05). A borderline significant association was found between eNO and asthma-like symptoms after adjustment for age, gender, atopy and current smoking (p=0.055). In a small group of isocyanate-exposed workers with positive serum-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), elevated eNO levels were clearly exposure related. eNO was associated with the positive specific IgG antibodies to HDI in non-atopic, non-smokers (p=0.03).
CONCLUSIONS:
Increased eNO levels may indicate increased airway inflammation in atopic, non-smokers exposed to isocyanates especially at higher levels of isocyanate exposure.
AuthorsBadri Sadat Jonaid, Anjoeka Pronk, Gert Doekes, Dick Heederik
JournalOccupational and environmental medicine (Occup Environ Med) Vol. 71 Issue 6 Pg. 415-22 (Jun 2014) ISSN: 1470-7926 [Electronic] England
PMID24683011 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Biomarkers
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Isocyanates
  • 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate
  • Nitric Oxide
Topics
  • Adult
  • Asthma (etiology, immunology, metabolism)
  • Biomarkers (metabolism)
  • Conjunctivitis (metabolism)
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Exhalation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate (metabolism)
  • Immunoglobulins (blood)
  • Inflammation (etiology, metabolism)
  • Isocyanates (adverse effects, immunology)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitric Oxide (metabolism)
  • Occupational Diseases (etiology, immunology, metabolism)
  • Occupational Exposure (adverse effects)
  • Paint
  • Rhinitis (metabolism)
  • Smoking (metabolism)

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