• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.166-176
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• 1993

In order to investingate the renal dysfunction in workers exposed to aromatic organic solvents, 105 male exposed workers and 109 controls were participated in this study. This study was conducted to examine the correlation among the concentration of aromatic organic solvents in air, worker's urinary NAG activity and urinary hippuric acid. The results were as follows : 1. The exposure level of aromatic organic solvent mixture caculated by the equation proposed by ACGIH was ranged from 0.27 to 0.54 and toluene concentration was ranged from 18.3ppm to 48.3ppm. 2. NAG activity in the urine of control and exposed group were $36.1{\pm}14.2nmolMU/mg$ creatinine and $52.4{\pm}26.1nmolMU/mg$ creatinine, respectively. Hippuric acid concentration in the urine of control and exposed group were $191.1{\pm}194.2mg/g$ creatinine and $789.3{\pm}784.1mg/g$ creatinine, respectively. 3. Correlation coefficent between the exposure level of aromatic organic solvent mixture was significantly related to urinary NAG activity(r=0.542) and urinary hippuric acid(r=0.752). 4. Correlation coefficient between NAG activity and hippuric acid concentration was 0.357. This study suggested that urinary NAG activity was a good renal function index for aromatic organic solvents exposure and urinary hippuric acid was an index for the biological monitoring of toluene exposure.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.374-379
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• 1988

In order to prepare the fundamental data for preventing the hazardous effects at toluene exposure in many kinds of industry, the authors determined the level of urinary hippuric acid on 592 toluene exposed women(exposed group) and 102 unexposed women(control group) in Pusan area, from April. 1 to October 31, 1986. Hippuric acid was measured by high performance liquid chromatography. The results were summarized as follows; 1. The mean value of urinary hippuric acid concentration of the control group was $0.44{\pm}0.21g/l$(0.11-0.89g/l). The distribution of urinary hippuric acid concentration of the control group was not fit to the normal distribution. 2. The mean value of urinary hippuric acid concentration of the exposed group was $1.56{\pm}0.95g/l$(0.44-4.57g/l). The distribution of urinary hippuric acid concentration of control group was not fit to the normal distribution. 3. The urinary hippuric acid concentration by age group was not statistically significant in the control group, but in the exposed group the urinary hippuric acid concentration was highest in women between 20-29 years old($1.71{\pm}0.95g/l$) and was statistically significant(p<0.01). 4. The urinary hippuric acid concentration by duration of working hours was not statistically significant (p>0.1).

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.321-328
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• 2004

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of genetic polymorphism of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) on the xylene metabolism. Methods : Among 247 workers, 116 were occupationally exposed to xylene and 131 were not. Workers exposed to xylene had different work such as spray, touch-up, mix & assist, and pre-treat. Questionnaire variables were age, sex, use of personal protective equipment, smoking, previous night's drinking and work duration. The urinary methylhippuric acid was measured in the urine collected in the afternoon and corrected by urinary creatinine concentration. The genotypes of CYP2E1 and ALDH2 were investigated by using PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) methods with DNA extracted from venous blood. Results : 1. The urinary concentrations of o-, m-, and p-methylhippuric acid and total methylhippuric acid in the exposed group were significantly higher than those in the non-exposed group (p<0.001). 2. In multiple regression analysis, the urinary methylhippuric acid concentration was significantly influenced by exposure grade (Job-exposure matrixes), smoking, drug use and kind of protective equipment (p<0.1). 3. Genetic polymorphism of CYP2E1 and ALDH2 did not affect urinary methylhippuric acid level in the exposed group (p>0.05). Conclusions : Exposure grade, smoking, drug use and kind of protective equipment affected urinary methylhippuric acid level, whereas genetic polymorphism of CYP2E1 and ALDH2 did not. However, further investigation for the effect of genetic polymorphism on the metabolism of xylene with a larger sample size is needed.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.939-946
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• 2004

The relationships between subjective symptoms of toluene exposed workers and concentration of their urinary excretion of hippuric acid were investigated. The exposed groups of 146 workers exposed to toluene and the control groups of 47 workers have never been exposed to toluene in Ulsan area were selected and studied. Hippuric acid was measured by HPLC, and counts of blood cells and liver function test were also performed. The mean value of urinary hippuric acid concentration of the control group was 0.322($\pm$0.267) g/L, while that of the exposed group was 1.260($\pm$0.395) g/L. As the concentration of hippuric acid had statistical proximity in $0.1\%$ level, WBC, GOT, and GPT didn't have any proximity(P>0.05). The exposed group showed lower level of leucocyte counts 6522.40(1710.3) than the control group 6891.50(1483.7). The exposed group showed higher level of GOT(25.75), GPT(27.09) than GOT(23.75), GPT(25.21) of the control group. Dried skin was the highest complained symptom of toluene exposed workers, the second strained eye, the third poor auditory function, and the fourth was headache.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.493-505
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relevance of adjusting a urinary sample for urine hippuric correction value and its effects. Urinary biological monitoring data are typically adjusted to a constant creatinine and specific gravity concentration to correct for variable dilutions among spot samples. This study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of adjusting the urinary concentrations of urine creatinine and specific gravity(SG). Methods: We measured the concentrations of hippuric acid, in spot urine samples collected from control(119), case(120) individuals. The value of hippuric acid was adjusted by SG and urinary creatinine(HPLC & Jaffe). Results: The major results were as follows. The concentrations of urinary creatinine and SG for the control group were 1.84 g/L(SD 0.99) for arithmetic mean and 1.56 g/L(GSD 1.86) for geometric mean by HPLC method, 1.57 g/L (SD, 0.82) for arithmetic mean and 1.33 g/L(GSD 1.85) for geometric mean by Jaffe method, 1.028(SD 0.09) for arithmetic mean and 1.02(GSD 1.06) for geometric mean by refractometer. Hippuric acid levels were 0.40 g/L(SD 0.51) by arithmetic mean and 0.20 g/L(GSD 3.59). In that case the exposed group was 1.40 g/L(SD 0.58) for arithmetic mean and 1.28 g/L(GSD 1.55) for geometric mean by HPLC method, 1.27 g/L(SD 0.56) for arithmetic mean and 1.14 g/L(GSD 1.62) for geometric mean by Jaffe method, 1.045 L(SD 0.27) for arithmetic mean and 1.02(GSD 1.13) for geometric mean by refractometer(P<0.05). Hippuric acid levels were 0.67 g/L(SD 0.79) for arithmetic mean and 0.39 g/L(GSD 2.94)(p<0.05). The urine creatinine concentrations were affected by gender(p < 0.01) but SG levels were not affected by gender or age(p>0.05). After adjustment, urine hippuric acid was correlated with creatinine(HPLC & Jaffe)(r=0.723, P<0.05, r=0.708, P<0.05) and SG(r=0.936, P<0.05) and the control group shows significantly higher than the case group. In the case group for adjusted urine hippuric acid was correlated with creatinine(HPLC & Jaffe), (r=0.736, P<0.05), r=0.549, P<0.05), SG(r=0.549, P<0.05). After adjusting urine hippuric acid by urine creatinine(HPLC and Jaffe method) and specific gravity, significant associations were found between the control group and case group, respectively(r=0.832, P<0.05, r=0.845, P<0.05) and (r=0.841, P<0.05, r=0.849, P<0.05). Specific gravity adjustment appears to be more appropriate for variations in the urine creatinine method. Conclusion: we found that urinary creatinine concentrations were significantly affected by gender, and other factors and that care should therefore be exercised when correcting urinary metabolites according to the urinary creatinine concentration in spot urine. It is determined that additional study is needed for biological monitoring.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.136-145
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• 1999

유기용제와 소음의 폭로가 청력손실에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 유기용제 폭로군 32명, 소음 폭로군 31명, 소음과 유기용제에 동시에 폭로된 군 31명 그리고 대조군 53명을 대상으로 소음과 유기용제 폭로 정도와 청력손실치를 계산하여 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 조사 대상자들은 소음과 유기용제에 허용기준치 이하로 폭로되었으며, 요중 마뇨산 배설량도 참고치 이하로 배설되었다. 소음의 경우 소음과 유기용제 동시 폭로군과 소음 폭로군이 유기용제 폭로군보다 높았으며(p<0.05) 요중 마뇨산은 소음 유기용제 동시폭로군과 유기용제 폭로군이 소음폭로군보다 배설량이 더 많았다(p<0.05). 2. 주파수별 기도청력은 소음과 유기용제 동시 폭로군이 소음군보다 우측귀의 500Hz, 좌측귀의 500, 2000Hz에서 유의하게 더 높은 청력손실치를 나타내었고(p<0.05), 유기용제군과의 비교시에는 왼쪽귀 4000Hz에서 청력손실이 유의하게 더 높았다(p<0.05). 3. 조사 대상자 147명중 43명이 청력손실군에 해당되었으며 청력손실군의 연령이 42.6세로 정상군 38.0세 보다 더 높았으며 요중마뇨산 배설량도 유의하게 더 많았다(p<0.05). 4. 청력손실자는 소음군에서는 대상자의 38.7 $\%$(12명), 유기용제군 40.6 $\%$(13명), 소음과 유기용제 동시폭로군은 51.6 $\%$ (16명), 그리고 비폭로군은 3.8 $\%$(2명)의 빈도를 보였으며 비폭로군에 비해 폭로군에서 청력손실자가 많이 발생하였으나 폭로군 사이에서는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다. 5. 청력손실과 유의한 상관관계를 보이는 변수는 연령과 요중마뇨산 배설량이었으며, 유기용제로 인한 청력손실의 영향을 보기위해 연령을 보정하였을 때는 요중마뇨산 배설량만이 상관관계를 보였다(p<0.05). 6. 대조군과 폭로군사이의 청력손실에 대한 교차비에서는 비폭로군에 비해 소음폭로군은 6.1배(95 $\%$ CI,: 3.3-8.7),유기용제 폭로군은 7.4배(95 $\%$ CI,: 3.5-14.6) 그리고 동시폭로군은 1$\ulcorner$.2배(95 $\%$ Cl,: 5.31.8)로 더 켰다(p<0.01). 이상의 결과로 볼 때 유기용제 폭로 근로자에 대해서도 청력장애에 대한 건강진단이 실시되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1992

유기용제를 취급하는 작업장의 근로자들의 정신증상의 양상과 정신증상에 관련된 요인을 조사하기 위하여 모 화학섬유공장에서 유기용제를 취급하는 42명의 폭로군과 일반사무직에 종사하는 96명을 비폭로군으로하여 환자 대조군 연구를 시행하였다. 정신증상은 일반 건강설문지(general health questionnaire 28 : GHQ28)로 평가하였고, 대상자들의 사회경제학적인 변수와 유기용제에 대한 폭로정도를 알기위한 지표로서 근무기간과 톨루엔의 요중 대상물인 마뇨산을 측정하였다. 폭로군은 마뇨산농도의 평균과 표준편차가 $2.953{\pm}1.496g/creatinine\;g$(범위:$1.06{\sim}7.67$)이었고 비폭로군은 $0.395{\pm}0.128g/creatinine\;g$(범위:$0.11{\sim}0.71$)으로 폭로군은 비폭로군 보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(P<0.01). 전 문항의 증상 호소율은 폭로군은 27.1%이었고, 비폭로군이 17.2%로서 폭로군의 호소율이 비폭로군보다 유의하게 높았다(P<0.05). 항목별로는 폭로군의 경우 신체화 증상이 34.7%의 호소율로 가장 높았고 다음으로 불안증, 사회적 적응장해, 우울증의 순위로 나타났으나, 비폭로군에서는 사회적 적응장해의 호소율이 21.7%로 가장 높았고 불안증, 우울증, 신체화증상의 순위로 나타났으며, 신체화증상과 불안증의 호소율에서 폭로군이 비폭로군보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다(P<0.05). 전체문항 중 6문항이상의 증상이 있었던 감정부전 상태(dysthymic state)는 폭로군이 64.3%로, 비폭로군의 37.5%보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으며(P<0.01), 나이, 성, 보수, 근무기간 및 교육수준을 통제한 후에도 두 군사이의 정신증상에 대한 총점수는 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다(P<0.01). 통제변수들 중에서는 보수만이 정신증상에 영향을 미치는 통계적으로 유의한 변수였다(P<0.05). 폭로군에서 폭로정도와 관련된 변수로서 근무기간은 길수록 그리고 요중 마뇨산의 농도는 높을수록 즉, 고농도의 유기용제에 폭로될 수록 폭로군의 정신증상에 영향을 미치는 위험요인으로 작용하는 경향이 있었으나 통계적으로 유의하지는 않았다. 앞으로 유기용제 폭로군에 대한 보다 정확한 정신증상의 평가와 함께 본 연구에서 조사되지 않은 다른 사회과학적인 변수들을 고려하여 지속적인 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.