FREQUENCY OF HYPERTENSION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN PESTICIDE EXPOSURE OF FUMIGATION WORKERS
Abstract
DOI: 10.26650/IUITFD.391782
Objective: This study plans to determine
the prevalence of hypertension in fumigation workers using pesticides and to
investigate other factors that may affect hypertension.
Materials and Methods: This study was
carried out in a fumigation center associated with the İstanbul Metropolitan
Municipality between January and June 2014. All the participants included in
the study were volunteers. Physical examinations and blood pressure
measurements were performed on all of the participants in the study. We
ascertained their ages, education levels, smoking habits and any histories of
hypertension in a face-to-face interview. The T test was used to determine any
relationships between age, working years, Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist
circumference and hypertension where the variables were normally distributed.
The Mann-Whitney U test was used when the variables were not normally
distributed.
Results: 370 male workers were included in
the study. Mean values were: 37.8±8.1 (min 20.0 , max 64.0) for age, 4.4±2.4
(min 0.1, max 14.0) for number of years worked and 30.9±4.3 (min 20.3, max
45.2) for BMI. Hypertension was detected in 134 (36.2%):(95% GA: 31.5%-41.2%) of
the volunteers in the study. Twelve (9%) of the employees with hypertension
were diagnosed with hypertension by a physician before. 122 participants (32.9%):(95% GA: 28.4%
-37.9%) were not aware that hypertension was present. We found that the age,
BMI and waist circumferences of the hypertensive workers were significantly
higher than the non-hypertensive group (for all variables p<0.001). We
didn’t find significant difference in the number of years worked between the
two groups (p=0.347).
Conclusion: Based on the participants in
our study, we found a higher prevalence of hypertension and obesity in the
subject community. There are limited studies that investigate the effects of
occupational pesticide exposure on hypertension and obesity. There is a need for
studies that investigate the frequency of hypertension and the affecting
factors in different business lines.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Hülya Doğan Tiryaki
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Yılmaz Yazıcı
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Alparslan Duman
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Evren Tarım
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Ayşe Ceylan Demirel
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Şadiye Selin Duruş
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Şeyma Arslan
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Elif Ezirmik
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Halim İşsever
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Publication Date
September 20, 2018
Submission Date
February 7, 2018
Acceptance Date
March 19, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 81 Number: 3