Raw milk consumption and other early-life farm exposures and adult pulmonary function in the Agricultural Lung Health Study. Issue 3 (8th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wyss, Annah B; House, John S; Hoppin, Jane A; Richards, Marie; Hankinson, John L; Long, Stuart; Henneberger, Paul K; Beane Freeman, Laura E; Sandler, Dale P; O'Connell, Elizabeth Long; Cummings, Christie Barker; Umbach, David M; London, Stephanie J
• Is Part Of: Thorax. Volume 73:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 279
• Page End: 282
• Publication Date: 2017-07-08
• Subjects: COPD epidemiology -- Asthma Epidemiology -- Allergic lung disease -- Occupational Lung Disease -- Respiratory Measurement; Chest -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Thorax; Chest -- Diseases; Periodicals; Periodicals; 617.54
• DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210031
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-6376

Abstract

Abstract : Literature suggests that early exposure to the farming environment protects against atopy and asthma; few studies have examined pulmonary function. We evaluated associations between early-life farming exposures and pulmonary function in 3061 adults (mean age=63) from a US farming population using linear regression. Childhood raw milk consumption was associated with higher FEV1 (β=49.5 mL, 95% CI 2.8 to 96.1 mL, p=0.04) and FVC (β=66.2 mL, 95% CI 13.2 to 119.1 mL, p=0.01). We did not find appreciable associations with other early-life farming exposures. We report a novel association between raw milk consumption and higher pulmonary function that lasts into older adulthood.