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6535316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between the health status and physical characteristics of 185 U.S. Navy divers and their risk for experiencing decompression sickness was examined utilizing historical cohort design. Data on multiphasic medical examinations performed on these men between 1972-1978 were obtained. Cases of decompression sickness before and after examination were identified. Divers who did experience decompression sickness either before or after examination had significantly higher measures of skinfold thickness and weight when compared to those who remained free of decompression sickness. Those divers in the highest quartile of each of three significant skinfold thicknesses measured had risks for decompression sickness that were generally 9 to 10 times as great as those calculated for the combined lower 3 quartiles and 5 to 6 times as great as the average crude risk calculated for all Navy divers over the past 5 yr. These findings suggest that obesity may be a contributory factor to the occurrence of decompression sickness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0093-5387
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
395-406
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Health risk factors for the development of decompression sickness among U.S. Navy divers.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't