Title of article :
Relationship between Exposure to Industrial Noise and Serum Lipid Profile
Author/Authors :
Mehrdad، RAMIN نويسنده , , Malek Bahabad، Afshin نويسنده Department of Occupational Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Malek Bahabad, Afshin , Nahan Moghaddam، Azadeh نويسنده Center for Research on Occupational Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Nahan Moghaddam, Azadeh
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2011
Pages :
5
From page :
725
To page :
729
Abstract :

Aim of our study was to investigate the effects of exposure to industrial noise on serum lipid profile among workers who are exposed to noise at work. In a historical cohort study, we recruited 154 and 146 male workers as high and low level noise exposure groups respectively. We defined workers with at least one year exposure to noise level more than 90 dB as high exposure group, and those with exposure to less than 80 dB as low exposure group. Afterwards, in the fasting blood specimens of participants we measured serum Triglyceride (TG), total Cholesterol (TC), high and low density lipoprotein (HDL and LDL). Mean of TG, TC, HDL and LDL for low exposure group were 148, 189, 38 and 103 mg/dl and for high exposure group were 237, 189, 37 and 104 mg/dl respectively. Mean serum TG between two groups was different. Even after adjustment for age, BMI, smoking and work hours per week, serum TG among high exposure group was 89 mg/dl higher than low exposure group and this difference was statistically significant (P=0.00). There was no significant difference between two groups in TC, LDL and HDL levels. This study did not find a statistically significant relationship between exposure to noise and serum TC, LDL and HDL, but TG in two groups was different and this difference was statistically significant.

Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Serial Year :
2011
Journal title :
Acta Medica Iranica
Record number :
2390713
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