Blood lead level and blood pressure of bus drivers in Bangkok, Thailand
This study aims to evaluate blood lead level (PbB) and blood pressure of bus drivers in Bangkok, Thailand, after the phasing out of lead in gasoline. The subjects comprised of 439 male bus drivers whose age ranged between 23 and 59 yr with the mean age of 42 ± 8 yr. Average working experience was 10...
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th-mahidol.244602018-08-24T09:14:43Z Blood lead level and blood pressure of bus drivers in Bangkok, Thailand Orawan Kaewboonchoo Sumlee Saleekul Arpaporn Powwattana Toshio Kawai Mahidol University Boromarajonani College of Nursing Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association Environmental Science Medicine Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics This study aims to evaluate blood lead level (PbB) and blood pressure of bus drivers in Bangkok, Thailand, after the phasing out of lead in gasoline. The subjects comprised of 439 male bus drivers whose age ranged between 23 and 59 yr with the mean age of 42 ± 8 yr. Average working experience was 10 ± 7 yr. The mean of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 131 ± 17 and 81 ± 11 mmHg, respectively. PbB ranged from 2.5 to 16.2 μg/dl with the mean PbB of 6.3 μg/dl. Prevalence rate of systolic and diastolic hypertension among bus drivers were 23.0% and 18.2%, respectively. There were significant correlations between PbB and blood pressure both in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after controlling for age, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking and physical exercise. However, the data on psycho-social factors which may affect on blood pressure of bus drivers were not available. Therefore, further study is needed to clarify the relationship between blood pressure and psycho-social stress among bus drivers in Bangkok. These findings suggested lead exposure at low PbB is related to increases in blood pressure. 2018-08-24T01:50:12Z 2018-08-24T01:50:12Z 2007-08-01 Article Industrial Health. Vol.45, No.4 (2007), 590-594 10.2486/indhealth.45.590 00198366 2-s2.0-34548644779 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24460 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=34548644779&origin=inward |
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This study aims to evaluate blood lead level (PbB) and blood pressure of bus drivers in Bangkok, Thailand, after the phasing out of lead in gasoline. The subjects comprised of 439 male bus drivers whose age ranged between 23 and 59 yr with the mean age of 42 ± 8 yr. Average working experience was 10 ± 7 yr. The mean of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 131 ± 17 and 81 ± 11 mmHg, respectively. PbB ranged from 2.5 to 16.2 μg/dl with the mean PbB of 6.3 μg/dl. Prevalence rate of systolic and diastolic hypertension among bus drivers were 23.0% and 18.2%, respectively. There were significant correlations between PbB and blood pressure both in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after controlling for age, BMI, alcohol consumption, smoking and physical exercise. However, the data on psycho-social factors which may affect on blood pressure of bus drivers were not available. Therefore, further study is needed to clarify the relationship between blood pressure and psycho-social stress among bus drivers in Bangkok. These findings suggested lead exposure at low PbB is related to increases in blood pressure. |
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