Is Neighborhood With a Steel Factory Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors?

Background and aims: Staying adjacent to steel plants may raise the chance of cardiovascular disease(CVD) risk factors for their inhabitants. The present study aimed to compare some CVD risk factors inthe residents of a city adjacent to the steel plant as the exposed city in comparison with the residentsof a control city in the Isfahan province.Methods: In a cross-sectional study in ۲۰۲۱, the data related to the prevalence rate of hypertension(HTN), diabetes mellitus (DM), Hyperlipidemia, overweight, and obesity were collected in the over ۳۰years old inhabitants who were living in Chamgordan as the exposed city and Ferydounshahr as thecontrol city and underwent cardiovascular risk assessment. The data were gathered from the Iranianelectronic health file system by the census sampling method.Results: Among the more than ۳۰ years old population who stayed in the exposed and the control cities,the prevalence rates of CVD risk factors were as HTN (۲۰.۵۳% and ۱۶.۵۴%), DM (۱۰.۳۲% and ۷.۱۳%),and overweight and obesity (۳۲.۵۵% and ۲۷.۰۷%), respectively. There were no significant statisticaldifferences between the exposed and control cities regarding HTN (P = ۰.۴۷۱), DM (P = ۰.۴۴۷), andoverweight and obesity (P = ۰.۳۵۵). However, hyperlipidemia was significantly more prevalent in theexposed city by ۱۱.۵۳% in comparison with ۰.۴۵% in the control city (P = ۰.۰۰۱).Conclusion: Except for hyperlipidemia, there was no significant statistical difference in the prevalencerates of HTN, DM, overweight, and obesity between the exposed and the control cities.

کلیدواژه ها:

Hypertension ، Diabetes mellitus ، Hyperlipidemia ، Overweight ، Air pollution ، Steel industry