AMMAR TERRA, CHERIFA IDDER-LAIB

Occupational exposure to lead, uricemia and blood pressure

Analytical cross-sectional study among workers at two industrial companies in eastern Algeria between 2016 and 2019

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Produktbeschreibung

Introduction: the cardiovascular toxicity of lead remains incompletely elucidated.Objective: to study the relationship between occupational exposure to lead, uricemia and blood pressure.Method: cross-sectional study of 200 workers exposed to lead and 200 unexposed; biological parameters measured were blood lead, uricemia, red cell PPZ and ALAU levels.Results: mean systolic blood pressure was (exposed: 11.98 ± 1.17, unexposed: 11.37 ± 1.35 mmhg) mean diastolic blood pressure was (exposed: 7.62 ± 0.90, unexposed: 6.95 ± 0.83 mmhg); prevalence of hyperuricemia was (exposed: 18.5%, unexposed: 7.5%) prevalence of hypertension was (exposed: 14%, unexposed: 7.5%). Unlike hyperuricemia, hypertension was significantly related to blood lead level (p= 0.028). Systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly correlated with uricemia (p < 0.05), but not with blood lead. Mean uricemia values were significantly correlated with mean blood lead values (p < 0.01).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 92
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 155g
• ISBN-13: 9786203897715
• ISBN-10: 620389771X
• Artikelnr.: 73943913

Autorenporträt

Cognome: Terra, Nome: Ammar, nato nel 1979, Diploma di Studi Medici Speciali in Medicina del Lavoro nel 2009, Senior Lecturer in Medicina del Lavoro nel 2011, Senior Lecturer B nel 2019, Senior Lecturer A in Medicina del Lavoro presso l'Università Ferhat Abbas e il Centro Ospedaliero Universitario Saadna Abdennour, Sétif, Algeria nel 2021.