Association of consumption of excess hard water, body mass index and waist circumference with risk of hypertension in individuals living in hard and soft water areas.
Environ Geochem Health
; 41(3): 1213-1221, 2019 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Chronic exposure to soft drinking water increases the risk of hypertension. We conducted a cross-sectional study in 2017 in two study areas in the Poldasht County to assess the relation of hardness, body mass index and waist circumference with risk of hypertension. Total water hardness was measured by gravimetric methods. Hardness of > 180 ppm was considered to be hard drinking water. The Shiblu and Gharghologh areas had a four times higher mean total hardness level in drinking water (968.69 mg/L as CaCO3) than the Sarisoo and Agh Otlogh (180 mg/L as CaCO3) areas. According to the results of the study, the prehypertension prevalence in areas with high and low water hardness was calculated as 23.15% (18.11-29.15) and 46.84% (37.61-57.64), respectively. Moreover, the result showed the prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension was higher in regions with low hardness than those with high hardness, which was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The results of logistic regression showed that age, body mass index, waist circumference and hardness of drinking water were significantly related to hypertension. Accordingly, hypertension was low in people of regions with high hardness (OR 0.26, 0.17-0.42). This report examined whether total hardness in drinking water was protective against hypertension. This is an important finding for the ministry of human health as well as for the water and sewage company.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Agua Potable
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Índice de Masa Corporal
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Circunferencia de la Cintura
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Hipertensión
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Geochem Health
Asunto de la revista:
QUIMICA
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán