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Association Between Blood Pressure and Urinary Arsenic Concentration in Industrial Areas

공단지역주민의 요중 비소농도와 혈압과의 관련성에 관한 연구

  • Park, Hee-Jin (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Woo, Kyung-Sook (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Moon, Chan-Seok (Department of Industrial Health, College of Applied Science, Catholic of Pusan) ;
  • Kim, Geun-Bae (Environmental Health Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research(NIER)) ;
  • Kang, Tack-Shin (Environmental Health Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research(NIER)) ;
  • Chung, Eun-Kyung (School of public health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Bae (Department of Preventive medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Son, Bu-Soon (Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 박희진 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 우경숙 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과) ;
  • 문찬석 (부산가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 김근배 (국립환경과학원 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 강택신 (국립환경과학원 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 정은경 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 김용배 (순천향대학교 예방의학교실) ;
  • 손부순 (순천향대학교 환경보건학과)
  • Received : 2014.05.09
  • Accepted : 2014.06.16
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: The study examines the relation between urinary arsenic concentration and blood pressure, which is a risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Materials: In this study, the urinary arsenic concentration, history of diagnosed disease, and blood pressure of 782 local residents in Gwangyang, Yeosu, and Hadong regions from May 2007 to July 2007. Results: The urinary arsenic concentration of total participants was $9.06{\mu}g/g-ct$. The logistic regression analysis of medical diagnosed history and urinary arsenic concentration, showed statistically significance (p<0.05) of high urinary arsenic concentration in participants with diagnosed hypertension. In addition, diagnosed hypertension it was observed that the high blood pressure was related with the pulse pressure. Conclusions: The arsenic concentration level was low in this study, but the exposure to low levels of arsenic has an effect on hypertension. Also, hypertension is related to pulse pressure and mean arterial blood pressure as well as being risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, close supervision of low -level arsenic exposure is needed.

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