Influencing factors on prevalence of chronic diseases in workers under high-temperature condition in a port of Guangzhou City / 中国职业医学

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of chronic diseases and main influencing factors in workers under high-temperature in a port of Guangzhou City.METHODS: A total of 5 603 workers under high-temperature operation condition were selected by judgment sampling method.The occupational health examination results were collected to analyze the prevalence of chronic diseases and the related influencing factors.RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic diseases was 67.6%.The prevalence rates of hyperlipidemia,hyperuricemia,hypertension and diabetes were 51.8%,29.3%,14.0% and 10.2%,respectively.Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that the risks of hyperlipidemia,hyperuricemia and hypertension in male workers were higher than that of female workers( P < 0.05).The prevalence risk of hyperlipidemia,hypertension and diabetes increased with the increase age( P < 0.01).With the increase of the length of high-temperature operation,the risk of hyperlipidemia,hyperuricemia and hypertension increased( P < 0.01).The risk of hypertension in regular smokers was higher than that of non-smokers( P < 0.05).The less exercise,the higher risk of hypertension and diabetes( P < 0.01).CONCLUSION: The prevalence of chronic diseases is high in workers exposed to high-temperature.The gender,age,length of high-temperature operation,smoking and exercise were the major influencing factors of chronic diseases in the workers.