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High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the elderly in communities 1–2 km (exposed) and 5 km or more (unexposed), from five pre-selected min...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146 |
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author | Nkosi, Vusumuzi Shirinde, Joyce Rathogwa-Takalani, Funzani Voyi, Kuku |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the elderly in communities 1–2 km (exposed) and 5 km or more (unexposed), from five pre-selected mine dumps in Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa. METHODS: Structured interviews were conducted with 2397 elderly, using a previously validated ATS-DLD-78 questionnaire from the British Medical Research Council. RESULTS: The prevalence of high blood pressure was 57.51% in the exposed and 46.66% in the unexposed communities, respectively. Results from the multiple logistic regression analysis showed that having high blood pressure was significantly associated with living in exposed communities (AOR = 3.04, 95% CI: 2.41–3.83, P < 0.001). Other significant risk factors were being an previous and current tobacco smoker, age group, tertiary level of educational attainment, and having a history of occupational exposure to dust and chemical fumes. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that there are high levels of blood pressure among the elderly residing in communities located near mine dumps in South Africa. |
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spelling | pubmed-94613202022-09-12 High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study Nkosi, Vusumuzi Shirinde, Joyce Rathogwa-Takalani, Funzani Voyi, Kuku Public Health Pract (Oxf) Original Research OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among the elderly in communities 1–2 km (exposed) and 5 km or more (unexposed), from five pre-selected mine dumps in Gauteng and North West provinces of South Africa. METHODS: Structured interviews were conducted with 2397 elderly, using a previously validated ATS-DLD-78 questionnaire from the British Medical Research Council. RESULTS: The prevalence of high blood pressure was 57.51% in the exposed and 46.66% in the unexposed communities, respectively. Results from the multiple logistic regression analysis showed that having high blood pressure was significantly associated with living in exposed communities (AOR = 3.04, 95% CI: 2.41–3.83, P < 0.001). Other significant risk factors were being an previous and current tobacco smoker, age group, tertiary level of educational attainment, and having a history of occupational exposure to dust and chemical fumes. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that there are high levels of blood pressure among the elderly residing in communities located near mine dumps in South Africa. Elsevier 2021-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9461320/ /pubmed/36101610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Nkosi, Vusumuzi Shirinde, Joyce Rathogwa-Takalani, Funzani Voyi, Kuku High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title | High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in South Africa: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | high blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps among the elderly in south africa: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100146 |
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