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Health Consequences of Lake Urmia in Crisis in the Disaster Area: A Pilot Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 August 2019
Abstract
This study investigated the health effects of Lake Urmia’s drought on adjacent urban and rural areas and people.
The data for sociodemographic status, physical activity, dietary pattern, smoking, and angina of the subjects living in areas adjacent to and far from Lake Urmia were collected through validated questionnaires. Physical examinations, including blood pressure, anthropometrics, and biochemical measurements, were performed.
There were no significant differences between 2 areas in the case of age, sex, educational, and physical activity and smoking status (P > 0.05). The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures and the prevalence of hypertension, prehypertension, and anemia in cases living in the adjacent areas were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). No significant differences were observed between 2 districts in the prevalence of hyperlipidemia, overweight/obesity, asthma, angina, infraction, diabetes, and vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.
Our data showed that Lake Urmia’s drought has serious effects on hypertension and anemia. More longitudinal and well-designed studies are needed to confirm these results.
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- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , August 2020 , pp. 442 - 448
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- © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
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