Dose-response relationship between lung function and chest imaging response to silica exposures in artificial stone manufacturing workers

Table 8 Linear regression analysis for the association between current and cumulative respiratory silica exposure and diffusion capacity of lung

	Current RCS exposure (mg/m³)			Cumulative RCS exposure (mg/m³-year)
	Coefficient	95% C.I.	P value	Coefficient	95% C.I.	P value
Dlco % of prediction	-3.52	(-6.73–0.30)	0.035	-0.44	(-0.91-0.04)	0.067
Dlco/VA % of prediction	-2.19	(-5.85-1.46)	0.214	-0.23	(-0.76-0.299)	0.359

Models were adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, education, current smoking, ex-smoking, and cumulative smoking amount

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