The relationship between blood lead levels and occupational exposure in a pregnant population
| Autor: | José Manuel Salas Pacheco, Fernando Vázquez Alanís, Ada Sandoval Carrillo, Francisco X. Castellanos Juárez, Sergio Estrada Martínez, Angélica María Lechuga Quiñones, Edna Madai Méndez Hernández, Eloísa Esquivel Rodríguez, Jaime Duarte Sustaita, Gonzalo García Vargas, Osmel La-Llave-León |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Population 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Lead poisoning Preeclampsia 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Personal hygiene Pregnancy Environmental health Odds Ratio Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Mexico 0105 earth and related environmental sciences education.field_of_study business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Pregnant women Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Environmental exposure Odds ratio Occupational exposure medicine.disease Lead Poisoning Occupational Diseases Pregnancy Complications Low birth weight Cross-Sectional Studies Blood lead Lead Risk factors Female medicine.symptom business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-016-3902-3 |
| Popis: | Background Pregnant women exposed to lead are at risk of suffering reproductive damages, such as miscarriage, preeclampsia, premature delivery and low birth weight. Despite that the workplace offers the greatest potential for lead exposure, there is relatively little information about occupational exposure to lead during pregnancy. This study aims to assess the association between blood lead levels and occupational exposure in pregnant women from Durango, Mexico. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 299 pregnant women. Blood lead was measured in 31 women who worked in jobs where lead is used (exposed group) and 268 who did not work in those places (control group). Chi-square test was applied to compare exposed and control groups with regard to blood lead levels. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Multivariable regression analysis was applied to determine significant predictors of blood lead concentrations in the exposed group. Results Exposed women had higher blood lead levels than those in the control group (4.00 ± 4.08 μg/dL vs 2.65 ± 1.75 μg/dL, p = 0.002). Furthermore, women in the exposed group had 3.82 times higher probability of having blood lead levels ≥ 5 μg/dL than those in the control group. Wearing of special workwear, changing clothes after work, living near a painting store, printing office, junkyard or rubbish dump, and washing the workwear together with other clothes resulted as significant predictors of elevated blood lead levels in the exposed group. Conclusions Pregnant working women may be at risk of lead poisoning because of occupational and environmental exposure. The risk increases if they do not improve the use of protective equipment and their personal hygiene. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3902-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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