关于家庭空气污染暴露和老年人患慢性疾病的生态研究
Samaneh Dehghani1,2, Somayeh Yousefi1, Vahide Oskoei3
1Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Scientific reports
|July 20, 2023
概括
长期的家庭空气污染 (HAP) 暴露与50岁以上的伊朗人患高胆固醇,血压,肥胖和糖尿病 (DM) 的风险增加有关. 吸烟有助于HAP,突出其在这些慢性健康状况中的作用.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 老年人花费大量时间在室内,增加了对室内空气污染物的脆弱性.
- 有限的证据表明,室内空气污染与慢性健康并发症之间存在联系.
研究的目的:
- 调查伊朗50岁以上成年人长期暴露于家庭空气污染 (HAP) 与高血压,糖尿病 (DM),肥胖和高低密度脂蛋白 (LDL) 胆固醇的患病率之间的相关性.
- 为了确定HAP的潜在来源,如吸烟.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自伊朗全球疾病负担数据集 (1990-2019) 的数据.
- 在50岁以上的个人中分析了HAP,高血压,DM,体重指数 (BMI) 和LDL胆固醇的流行率.
- 雇佣的joinpoint软件用于年龄周期队列 (APC) 和年平均百分比变化 (AAPC) 分析.
- 使用R软件检查HAP和健康结果之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 在HAP暴露和高LDL胆固醇 (r=0.70),高静脉血压 (r=0.63),高BMI (r=0.57) 和DM2 (r=0.38) 之间发现了显著的正相关性.
- 确定了室内空气污染和吸烟之间的强烈正相关性 (r=0.92).
结论:
- 在伊朗的老年人中,长期暴露于HAP可能是高血压,DM,肥胖和高LDL胆固醇的重要危险因素.
- 吸烟被确定为HAP的一个贡献来源.
- 建议使用个人暴露和生物监测进行进一步的研究,以确认因果关系.
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