Open AccessA Survey of Blood Pressure in Cadmium‐Exposed Workers
Author(s) -
Zhang Guicheng,
Li Xuegui,
Guo Baocheng,
Tian Guojun
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.38.198
Subject(s) - cadmium , cadmium exposure , medicine , blood pressure , urine , logistic regression , odds ratio , environmental health , occupational exposure , toxicology , physiology , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry
A Survey of Blood Pressure in Cadmium‐Exposed Workers. Guicheng Z hang , et al. Xin‐ xiang Occupational Institute —An investigation was performed on the prevalence of hypertension and hypotension among 362 cadmium‐exposed workers in a nickel‐cadmium battery factory with 526 control workers/farmers. Cadmium in urine was 1 2.5μg/ l in the cadmium workers and 2.4μg/ l in the control group. Increased risk of hypertension had not been found in the workers exposed to cadmium. The prevalence of hypotension which was 3.9% in cadmium workers was lower than that in the control group. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds ratio of hypotension was 0.26 cadmium‐exposed workers (p = 0.0004). The results showed that cadmium exposure could decrease the prevalence of hypotension.