Risk of pneumothorax in pneumoconiosis patients in Taiwan: a retrospective cohort study

ObjectivesThis study was conducted to explore the association between pneumoconiosis and pneumothorax.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingNationwide population-based study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database.ParticipantsA total of 2333 pneumoconiosis patients were identified (193...

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Published in:BMJ open 2021-10, Vol.11 (10), p.e054098
Main Authors: Pan, Jo-Hui, Cheng, Chih-Hung, Wang, Chao-Ling, Dai, Chia-Yen, Sheu, Chau-Chyun, Tsai, Ming-Ju, Hung, Jen-Yu, Chong, Inn-Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adult thoracic medicine
Age
Ambulatory care
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Disease
Health insurance
Humans
Incidence
Male
occupational & industrial medicine
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Patients
Pneumoconiosis - complications
Pneumoconiosis - epidemiology
Pneumothorax
Pneumothorax - epidemiology
Pneumothorax - etiology
Population
Proportional Hazards Models
respiratory medicine (see thoracic medicine)
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Taiwan - epidemiology
Variables
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Summary:ObjectivesThis study was conducted to explore the association between pneumoconiosis and pneumothorax.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingNationwide population-based study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database.ParticipantsA total of 2333 pneumoconiosis patients were identified (1935 patients for propensity score (PS)-matched cohort) and matched to 23 330 control subjects by age and sex (7740 subjects for PS-matched cohort).Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe incidence and the cumulative incidence of pneumothorax.ResultsBoth incidence and the cumulative incidence of pneumothorax were significantly higher in the pneumoconiosis patients as compared with the control subjects (p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054098