THE THOUSAND AVIATOR STUDY: SMOKING HISTORY CORRELATES OF SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES
Abstract
The Pensacola Thousand Aviator Study began in 1940 with the examinations of 1056 student aviators and flight instructors on a variety of physiological, psychological, and socio-economic parameters. Follow-up examinations on the group were conducted in 1951, 1957, and 1963. During the 1963 follow-up, smoking history information on 675 subjects was obtained by questionnaire and confirmed by interview, together with concurrent data from clinical examinations, laboratory tests, anthropometry, and personal history variables. Two smoking variables were created, Cigarette Amount (CA) and Cigarette Years (CY), each on a scale of 1 to 5 points. Fron the concurrent data, 62 variables were selected for relevance and general interest to be examined in relation to smoking. Twenty-four of the 62 variables had significant correlations (p <.05) with CA, and 16 showed significant relationships to CY. Findings are related briefly to previous research, and problems of cause-effect isolation are mentioned. It is concluded that results in general support previous findings on smoker-nonsmoker differences. Contributions of the study in delineating areas of research for longitudinal investigation are discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 27, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0634612
Entities
People
- Albert Oberman
- Ashton Graybiel
- Norman E. Lane
- Robert E. Mitchell
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Institute